MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	127% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '20 at 19:12
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 84.2 2-Core 165 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 500 45% 380 Pts	64-Core 491 30% 491 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 64.8 Parallax 58.3 53% 62.6 fps	MRender 70.3 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 52.6 49% 61.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 256GB 15,205 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1111A0L Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 331 544 146 192 455 506 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,308 Write 896 Mixed 781 SusWrite 362 186% 837 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 22.9 135% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 298 223% 298 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 230%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 203GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 287 288 275 221 259 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 320 Mixed 305 SusWrite 270 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 48.1 157% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 205 161% 224 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 128%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB 3,164 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 833GB free Firmware: GKAOA94A SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 83 83 83 82 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 81.9 Write 80.6 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 82.5 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 47%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 130 130 130 130 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 77.7 Write 105 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 129 73% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 124% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 451GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 89 88 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 86.4 Write 86.1 Mixed 47.5 SusWrite 88 56% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 62%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 57GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 2.8 3.2 3 3.1 3.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	5.27% Terrible	Read 23.7 Write 4.2 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 3 12% 11 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 25% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.27% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.8% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 18.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 72%

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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%

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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 $90Bench 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 $79Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16