MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	72.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170228
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 15:26
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 69.7 1-Core 75.6 2-Core 173 60% 106 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 576 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pcie SSD 256GB 15,792 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 303 232 347 231 185 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 410 Write 499 Mixed 484 SusWrite 280 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 23.5 90% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 466 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 113 119% 210 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 214%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 131 130 131 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 396 Write 146 Mixed 201 SusWrite 131 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 24.4 90% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 48 DQ Mixed 114 85% 117 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 87%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 221GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 117 110 106 111 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 445 Write 339 Mixed 314 SusWrite 118 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 20.8 4K Mixed 20.3 65% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 48.3 DQ Mixed 80.8 89% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 83%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 148 145 130 146 146 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 88.7 Write 83.8 Mixed 37 SusWrite 143 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 108%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU2 1TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 919GB free, PID 01c5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 35 34 35 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 36.7 Write 30.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 34.7 44% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 107% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-2666C DDR4 2x8GB 284 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 29.8 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 94%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 76%

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Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) - $155

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	250x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	225x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	180x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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