MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	145% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '20 at 22:40
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 65 2-Core 120 59% 92.3 Pts	4-Core 211 8-Core 278 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 276 17% 276 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% MSI(1462 C813) Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 80 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 193 65% 114 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 111 Splatting 134 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 29,078 User benchmarks, average bench 231% 465GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 635 580 947 755 836 756 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 1,298 Write 1,035 Mixed 818 SusWrite 752 218% 975 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 18 116% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 321 234% 309 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 310%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 121GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 263 108 109 102 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 218 Write 383 Mixed 315 SusWrite 152 61% 267 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 16.9 79% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 29.6 73% 152 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 111 113 113 113 111 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 109 Write 107 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 111 71% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 168 165 170 165 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 142 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 162 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.5% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 62%

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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%

Battle cruiser

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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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