MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B78
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)  (all builds)
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190906
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 05 '20 at 23:42
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU 16%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X-$205
AM4, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 150
2-Core 230
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 372
49% 369 Pts
64-Core 371
23% 371 Pts
Poor: 76%
This bench: 74%
Great: 94%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.50
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 184
Parallax 169
142% 176 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 170
Splatting 119
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,333
Write 2,206
Mixed 1497
447% 2,012 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 179
4K Mixed 93.5
309% 112 MB/s
DQ Read 1,005
DQ Write 1,050
DQ Mixed 1,104
809% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
597GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 135 139 138 137 137 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 136
Write 123
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 136
80% 110 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 85%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB
145GB free
Firmware: 4.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 73 73 73 73 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
41.5% Average
Read 72
Write 12
Mixed 33.8
SusWrite 72.4
35% 47.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 41.5%
Great: 41%
TDKMedia Trans-It Drive 2GB
2GB free, PID 0621
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
7.44% Terrible
Read 21.3
Write 10.5
Mixed 9
SusWrite 11.2
16% 13 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
30% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 7.44%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
94.2% Outstanding
MC Read 41.5
MC Write 23.8
MC Mixed 37.7
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 22.1
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 34.4
76% 26.7 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 94.2%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78) Builds (Compare 1,295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 94% - Outstanding Total price: $540
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