MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '17 at 11:38
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 73.8 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 172 65% 113 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 660 60% 505 Pts	64-Core 1135 70% 1135 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GSO 1,167 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 2387) 1.5GB Ram: 1.5GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 0.81 4% 3.73 fps	MRender 3.62 Gravity 4.07 Splatting 2.57 3% 3.42 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 362GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 55 193275035686 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 787734438 (F7) Unknown 100 100 24722829 (F8) Unknown 100 100 8776855 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1953 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	77.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 338 Mixed 341 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 24.3 102% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 46.8 63% 118 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 99%
SK hynix SH920 2.5 128GB 854 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 103GB free Firmware: 10107L00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (64) Unknown 100 100 316305 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2592 (B2) Unknown 100 100 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 13 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2483 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 85901443103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 39 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 360	79.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 309 Mixed 379 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 22.7 101% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 61.2 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 430GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 212120612 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 114 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 724679 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 87 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 589430818 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 114 (C2) HDA temperature 34 20 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 5 212120612 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 53949084205121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 466055340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 270213894	91.1% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 122 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.3 101% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x16GB 859 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 1200 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 26.7 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 24.1 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 96%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $94Bench 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 $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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