MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.6% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 00:31
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 78% 141 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 840 77% 646 Pts	64-Core 1,263 78% 1,263 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1615 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 78 Parallax 76.8 63% 77.2 fps	MRender 83.4 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 61.6 58% 72.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 106GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 3295417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -119846767420000 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5277 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 932 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 45 60132491296 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60132491296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3295417 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3295417 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3295417 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12794 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10253 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10253 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11328	59.4% Above average	Read 432 Write 115 Mixed 170 52% 239 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 14.1 108% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 72.3 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 31.3 41% 73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 157 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6075257110	99.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 368 Mixed 413 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 39 154% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 92.8 103% 176 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 774GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3462 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10072 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10129 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 195 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7111 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 20696851 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 231 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 54 54 474503 (C2) HDA temperature 64 29 304943530013 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 23 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 7479 (F1) Unknown 96 88 5776824 (F2) Unknown 96 88 6610007 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	54.6% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 97.7 Mixed 93.3 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 31 (03) Spinup time 151 132 1450 (04) Start/Stop count 26 26 74408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5350 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4429 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 35106 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 37 37 490893 (C2) HDA temperature 114 86 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.3% Average	Read 87.4 Write 84.2 Mixed 81.7 64% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 32 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 39.2 SC Mixed 29.8 89% 31.1 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) - $155

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	250x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	225x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	180x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	121x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	54x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	52x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

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