MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B78
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)  (all builds)
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180402
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateJan 15 '19 at 18:19
Run Duration729 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 4.05 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
82.8% Excellent
Memory 77.2
1-Core 125
2-Core 250
82% 150 Pts
4-Core 475
8-Core 794
77% 635 Pts
64-Core 1,016
63% 1,016 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 82.8%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340
CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.1.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
61.5% Good
Lighting 77.1
Reflection 65.5
Parallax 96.9
63% 79.8 fps
MRender 61
Gravity 65.8
Splatting 83.7
59% 70.1 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 57%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116
6GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 040H
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 469
Write 191
Mixed 224
64% 295 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 78.8
4K Mixed 15.6
104% 40.8 MB/s
DQ Read 126
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 27.9
45% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 72%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150
110GB free
Firmware: M0CR060
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 0.9 478 479 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
61.7% Good
Read 430
Write 472
Mixed 363
SusWrite 160
80% 356 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 30.6
95% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 176
DQ Write 40.3
DQ Mixed 69
61% 95 MB/s
Poor: 65%
This bench: 61.7%
Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
162GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 1361 307 306 305 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,936
Write 1,494
Mixed 726
SusWrite 380
251% 1,134 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 50.1
187% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,105
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 583
482% 711 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 192%
Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
55GB free
Firmware: 603ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 3.4 164 156 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 328
Write 218
Mixed 240
SusWrite 53.8
47% 210 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 81.7
4K Mixed 38.5
138% 50 MB/s
DQ Read 89.1
DQ Write 216
DQ Mixed 173
126% 159 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 85%
WD WD2500JD-00HBB0 250GB-$140
104GB free
Firmware: 08.02D08
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 0 1.1 56 56 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
18.1% Very poor
Read 43.6
Write 47.3
Mixed 27
SusWrite 18.9
25% 34.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 1
169% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 18.1%
Great: 33%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61
960GB free
Firmware: MX4OACF0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 172
Write 183
Mixed 21.1
90% 126 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 108%
Hitachi Touro Mobile 3.0 500GB
0GB free
Firmware: 0
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 83.2
Write 80.6
Mixed 32.2
48% 65.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.4
77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 57%
Seagate Backup+ Desk M 4TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0406
SusWrite @10s intervals: 0 0 33 33 33 33 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
15.6% Very poor
Read 30.2
Write 19.1
Mixed 23.5
SusWrite 21.8
18% 23.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.6
4K Write 5.8
4K Mixed 0.7
252% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 15.6%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz
Performing below potential (46th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.1% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 25.7
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 21.3
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 23.7
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 85.9
46% 85.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78) Builds (Compare 1,295 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 82%
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Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7B78)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $545
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