MSI 970A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7992)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 65.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.7% 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	68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160826
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 09:15
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 140 61% 99.6 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 382 38% 309 Pts	64-Core 388 24% 388 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 112 Parallax 95.9 78% 101 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 95.3 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 228GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2675 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 230 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 64 59 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8499658880	68% Good	Read 381 Write 310 Mixed 300 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 22.2 105% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.3 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 23.4 27% 45.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 134%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA360 500GB 12,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 383GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 94 (03) Spinup time 120 120 12897353919 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4046 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 30216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1737 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4076 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4076 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 180389675039 (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 200 200 3	71.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 128 Mixed 90.4 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 77%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55 14,577 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 109GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 161980611 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 785955054 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39541 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5457 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555548705 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 53 192410287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	35.5% Below average	Read 64.7 Write 58.9 Mixed 27.7 37% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 1x8GB 974 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 800 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 35%

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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%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 19%

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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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16