MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	220% 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.
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 (19%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 68.6 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 195 67% 120 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 766 68% 578 Pts	64-Core 1,055 65% 1,055 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 114 Parallax 98.1 89% 107 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.8 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,201 339% 1,536 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 38.4 160% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 126 DQ Mixed 75.4 80% 134 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 36GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7346 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 994 (B1) Unknown 98 98 104 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 55 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22075243125	93.1% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 450 Mixed 486 107% 480 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 35.3 141% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 106 66% 71.3 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 108GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 135493378 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11528140 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2125 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 34359738396 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 23 135493378 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -72975789310977 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2810821264 (F2) Unknown 100 253 519997831	44.6% Average	Read 105 Write 50.6 Mixed 92.6 63% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236788269 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2759 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 180 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 302255148 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 454688794 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 17179869210 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 236788269 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 67469641281978 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2476207114 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1018857231	52.1% Above average	Read 87.3 Write 94.1 Mixed 82.7 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.41 94% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 2x8GB 99,207 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 24.6 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 24.6 SC Mixed 20.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 110%

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Typical X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) Builds (Compare 1,813 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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