MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	115% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	196% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 18:38
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9590-$298 26,109 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 142 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 453 42% 350 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$396 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 142 Parallax 141 125% 146 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 130 Splatting 102 105% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 925 1033 970 1057 1040 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,286 Write 1,026 Mixed 949 SusWrite 989 238% 1,062 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 62.1 204% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 475 347% 457 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 425%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 341GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 118 120 118 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 71.5 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 119 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 3x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 1066 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 15 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 13.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 53%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) Builds (Compare 193 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	86x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	24x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	42x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	14x
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	13x

SSD
SA400M8240G 240GBKingstonBench 70%, 27,523 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	7x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	4x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	11x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $189

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16