MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 00:32
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 68 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 192 66% 119 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 667 63% 524 Pts	64-Core 1,159 72% 1,159 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 67.6 61% 73.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.5 Splatting 71.4 58% 71.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 165939368 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 309031 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (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 63 62 623116325 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 37 40 103079215141 (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 74517682585604 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87945780 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48618731	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 179 Mixed 172 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Patriot Memory 64GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 1e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 14.7 Mixed 18.4 25% 22.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.69 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 37% 3.24 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x8GB 8,261 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.7% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 25.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 19.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 90%

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

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 76%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A32) - $155

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	251x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	227x
Ryzen 5 1600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 140,440 samples	183x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	175x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	123x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	115x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	89x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	74x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	58x

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Value: 107% - Outstanding

Total price: $695

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16