MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	66.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 76.3 2-Core 147 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 268 8-Core 456 44% 362 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 68%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: P070 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 493 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1764 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 21 (A3) Unknown 100 100 369 (94) Unknown 100 100 148805 (95) Unknown 100 100 2042 (96) Unknown 100 100 1856 (97) Unknown 100 100 2010 (A4) Unknown 100 100 48112 (A5) Unknown 100 100 96 (A6) Unknown 100 100 10 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39746233761820 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 189372 (F2) Unknown 100 100 355833 (F5) Unknown 100 100 284161 (F6) Unknown 100 100 297610 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 432 Write 243 Mixed 252 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 20.6 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 46 67% 128 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 92%
Toshiba MK3265GSX 320GB-$91 6,085 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 153GB free Firmware: GJ00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1016 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 151 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 11823 (0A) Spinup retry count 202 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 224 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 21669 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929020444 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 98 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 31 (DE) Loaded hours 77 77 9469 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 322 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	34% Below average	Read 38.6 Write 79.7 Mixed 48.9 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.26 68% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 7,948 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 933 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.4% Average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.8 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 70%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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