MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics109% 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 Drive151% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7992
MotherboardMSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)  (all builds)
Memory29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160826
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 01 '17 at 21:32
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-9590-$298
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.7 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
67.8% Good
Memory 87.9
1-Core 79.1
2-Core 139
63% 102 Pts
4-Core 259
8-Core 463
44% 361 Pts
64-Core 459
28% 459 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 143
Reflection 156
Parallax 144
117% 147 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 140
Splatting 113
101% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70
440GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 1,245
Write 910
Mixed 935
229% 1,030 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 93.4
4K Mixed 28.5
140% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 22.3
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 22.7
41% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 116%
This bench: 151%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 667 MHz clocked @ 933 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
50.7% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 17.7
52% 18.2 GB/s
SC Read 10.8
SC Write 9.2
SC Mixed 13.7
32% 11.2 GB/s
Latency 69.6
57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 50.7%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) Builds (Compare 193 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 23%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard

Motherboard: MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $189
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