MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (12%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180427
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '18 at 01:27
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 90.2 2-Core 184 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 600 57% 473 Pts	64-Core 993 62% 993 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 96.3 0% 54.6 fps	MRender 67.2 Gravity 66.2 Splatting 55 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 113 121 103 155 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 499 Write 432 Mixed 287 SusWrite 127 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 18.1 112% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 85.8 116% 215 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 117%
Transcend MTS800 M.2 128GB-$126 5,326 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 77GB free Firmware: O0918B SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 201 200 200 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 498 Write 197 Mixed 252 SusWrite 199 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 38.8 135% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 65.2 DQ Mixed 174 123% 160 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 131GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 0 0 17 64 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 67.2 Write 28.5 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 31.6 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 122 121 118 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 121 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 70%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 819GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 103 101 102 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 98 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 102 69% 93.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 17,029 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 108%

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

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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 $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 $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