MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	107% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	9.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 00:38
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 76.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 212 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 665 65% 531 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 146 Parallax 109 104% 128 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 126 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T00 1TB 12,396 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 797GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 454 466 474 478 476 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 456 Mixed 361 SusWrite 460 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 43.9 140% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 212 196% 304 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 134 133 134 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 147 Write 134 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 135 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 105 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 121 Write 94 Mixed 78 SusWrite 107 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 89GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 49 53 52 51 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 82 Write 90.5 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 51.2 50% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 57%
MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 1TB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 88GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 36.3 Write 30.5 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 35.8 43% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 87.7 46% 87.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 107%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS - $239

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,173x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	747x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	642x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	322x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	282x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	225x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	146x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	132x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	203x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	167x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $702

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