MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 15:21
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$235 142,134 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.65 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	1-Core 107 2-Core 215 76% 161 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 851 79% 641 Pts	64-Core 1,222 82% 1,222 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$540 561,146 User benchmarks, average bench 105% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 399 Reflection 377 Parallax 443 105% 406 fps	MRender 246 Gravity 392 Splatting 251 105% 296 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$65 37,787 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 241GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5993 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1367 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4307353751 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 520 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 54 231929085993 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 184688246855 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2426 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3107 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2811 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8178 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 500 Write 354 Mixed 343 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 20.3 101% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 11.3 68% 159 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 107%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 11,757 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,708 Write 1,426 Mixed 1,642 424% 1,925 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 30.1 167% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 99.3 DQ Mixed 106 71% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 290%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 1,169 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 34.5 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 92.4 43% 92.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 97%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds.

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Typical X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) Builds (Compare 16,097 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 95%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

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Workstation 82%

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

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $235Bench 69%, 142,134 samples	3,579x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $165Bench 73%, 77,428 samples	2,996x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $140Bench 74%, 88,895 samples	2,183x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	2,211x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	1,911x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $280Bench 57%, 752,541 samples	1,586x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 200%, 171,000 samples	1,640x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	1,034x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	1,000x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $65Bench 86%, 154,422 samples	1,069x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $58Bench 84%, 268,353 samples	998x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $82Bench 86%, 103,800 samples	681x

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Total price: $1,095

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24