MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.9% 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	99.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7992
Motherboard	MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992) (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 20:49
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 127 59% 94.4 Pts	4-Core 247 8-Core 437 41% 342 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 3069) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 26.8 Reflection 25.9 Parallax 33.1 22% 28.6 fps	MRender 34.2 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 27.6 25% 30.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8430 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 890 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 58 44 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12837399650	99.8% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 390 Mixed 413 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 67.9 4K Mixed 43.5 147% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 101 109% 184 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 183GB free Firmware: 05.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4275 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36451 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1632 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 87 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5917 (C2) HDA temperature 111 88 36 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.9% Above average	Read 99.6 Write 84.6 Mixed 91.2 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.47 117% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLE8G3D1869DE1TX0. F3-10666CL9-4GBSR 12GB 667, 667 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 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%

Surfboard

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

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 $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