MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. 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 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	14.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 21:21
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 53.4 2-Core 106 55% 83.6 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 214 28% 213 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% PowerColor(148C 2374) CLim: 1212 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	Lighting 26.5 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 31.6 22% 29.9 fps	MRender 30.6 Gravity 24.6 Splatting 34.7 25% 30 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apacer A S330 120GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: AP122PD0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1465 (A3) Unknown 100 100 54 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 169 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (E7) Temperature 100 100 75 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7992255204	85.6% Excellent	Read 528 Write 467 Mixed 481 110% 492 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 12.9 97% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 39.3 70% 137 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 94GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 2096 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4343 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 425925262 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3648 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 43 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 46 623181861 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 94489280549 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 35 2096 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 126091649887742 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2198795741 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1763319755	67.8% Good	Read 121 Write 116 Mixed 115 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.76 136% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 800 MHz clocked @ 667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 13.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 8.8 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 63%

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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%

Surfboard

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 $76Bench 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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16