MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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	1.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 03:55
Run Duration	318 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 143 62% 101 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 435 42% 349 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.3% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 45.7 31% 39.4 fps	MRender 30.7 Gravity 31.9 Splatting 40 29% 34.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: GS001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2079 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2780 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 16 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 10367 (0A) Spinup retry count 155 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1670 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1130 (BC) Unknown 100 90 57 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 47 572194845 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 39675 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7798903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 115576 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41% Average	Read 69.3 Write 73.7 Mixed 70 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 48%
16 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 30GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Read 25.1 Write 11.2 Mixed 11.3 18% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 9%
CENTON 16GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	5.56% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 6.63 Mixed 8.51 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.56% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.6% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.8 MC Mixed 14.5 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 62%

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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 $57Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	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