MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 22:52
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 83.8 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 95.7 50% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 306 30% 244 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2710) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 16 Parallax 21.7 13% 17.7 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 14.7 Splatting 17.9 13% 15.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1SA754D117-459P 240GB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th 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 100 100 278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 120 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 186517 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 27 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3946 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6035	58.6% Above average	Read 498 Write 299 Mixed 378 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 12.3 62% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 62.7 DQ Mixed 12.3 18% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 97%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 879GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 111 107 7408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 208 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 133 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68049 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 307 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.4% Good	Read 129 Write 113 Mixed 111 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.27 97% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. BLS2G3D1609DS1S00. Kingston ACR16D3LU1KNG/8G 12GB 800, 800, 800 MHz 2048, 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 13.5 41% 14.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.5 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 73.8 54% 73.8 ns

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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%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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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 $47Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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