MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.8% 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	45% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 10:02
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	63%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 64.3 2-Core 113 53% 85.1 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 189 21% 166 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Nvidia(10DE 1C82) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Lighting 38.5 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 36.1 31% 34.7 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 34.7 30% 36.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SBBU120G1122 120GB 2,087 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3106000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1855733568043 (A6) Unknown 100 100 74 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 125 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 84 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 41 253403070509 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6657278346766 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10153 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21960 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12463 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5019 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	45% Average	Read 490 Write 98.8 Mixed 268 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 5.96 63% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 53.8 DQ Mixed 6 14% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 67%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 259GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896895157 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 430 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 470 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 171799478298 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 156 Write 136 Mixed 92 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.14 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL10-8GBXL Kingston KHX1866C10D3/8G 16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 667, 933 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.1% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 61%

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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%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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