MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 MAX (MS-7B79) (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 30 '21 at 16:26
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^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 3700X-$205 635,419 User benchmarks, average bench 86% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 63.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 225 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 798 74% 616 Pts	64-Core 1,396 86% 1,396 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.11.1 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 138 Parallax 182 97% 146 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 94.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,273 Write 1208 Mixed 1,678 380% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 66.4 212% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,164 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 1032 755% 995 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 763GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 913 926 923 872 852 829 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 9GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 135 135 114 134 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 90.6 Write 66.3 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 128 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 113%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 7GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 71 75 68 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 36.8 Write 56.6 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 71.4 42% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 71%
WD 3200BPV External 320GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 27GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 29 30 29 29 29 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 26.2 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 27.6 37% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 66% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BL16G32C16U4B.M8FB1 2x16GB 715 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.5% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 26.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 17.6 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 122%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $83Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,394x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	684x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $119Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	331x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	284x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	280x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	273x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	131x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	122x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	122x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	367x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	156x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	146x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $453

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

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PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)