MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	222% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A32
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 21:54
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 115 2-Core 232 80% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 839 77% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,228 76% 1,228 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB; GV-N108TAORUS-11GD, Gigabyte Aorus CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 221 Parallax 213 146% 204 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 193 Splatting 133 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,573 Write 1,111 Mixed 1,261 361% 1,648 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 86.3 4K Mixed 24.1 148% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 82.5 92% 157 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233624680 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 26109277173 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3229 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 26308575262 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 410 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 44271 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 -140737488355298 (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 -100094212821199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55985966654 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66622980953	84.8% Excellent	Read 155 Write 141 Mixed 123 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 251GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 173 3891 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8375 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 144 144 169474 (C2) HDA temperature 123 97 27 (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	60.5% Good	Read 101 Write 109 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 84%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 104GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5010 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2493 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 488374300 (C2) HDA temperature 71 54 488374301 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 20572 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 76.3 Write 77.2 Mixed 79 58% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.46 110% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 1667 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 43.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 33.5 107% 37.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.8 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 27.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	250x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	225x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $125Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	181x

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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	73x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $904

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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