MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	108% 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	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	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	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	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 10:15
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 1600-$110 392,253 User benchmarks, average bench 70% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63% Good	Memory 66.4 1-Core 98 2-Core 185 65% 116 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 630 56% 475 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 152 Parallax 132 117% 142 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 137 Splatting 111 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint MP4 2.5" 640GB 642 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 533GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AK10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 31030 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 87 3258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1613 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3150 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 470 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1619 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6064 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51474 (C2) HDA temperature 64 41 257698431007 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 92 92 727 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 77 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3114 (F1) Unknown 93 88 9590954 (F2) Unknown 92 86 11921829 (FE) Unknown 100 100 202	54.5% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 91.3 Mixed 75.8 66% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 63%
WD 2500BEA External 250GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 138GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 33 Mixed 5.92 28% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.35 62% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 8,261 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 33.2 104% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 26.7 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 90%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

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 $109Bench 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 $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $918

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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