MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '22 at 13:03
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Memory 73.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 181 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 594 56% 465 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.23 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 66.6 Reflection 65.4 Parallax 60.3 54% 64.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 57.9 49% 59.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 224GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 314 236 232 237 240 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 374 Write 361 Mixed 309 SusWrite 271 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 24.3 78% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 159 144% 224 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 99%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 82GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 369 375 347 347 347 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Read 378 Write 345 Mixed 328 SusWrite 357 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 29.1 94% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 240 187% 264 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 134%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 22GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 977 Write 1,417 Mixed 1,010 255% 1,135 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 37.8 119% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 363 298% 440 MB/s
Poor: 73% Great: 305%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 146 147 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 141 Write 142 Mixed 82.7 SusWrite 146 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3066 MHz clocked @ 1533 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 25 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.5 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 92.7 43% 92.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 113%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS - $239

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,176x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	748x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	644x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	323x
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	147x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $67Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	134x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	204x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	168x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $702

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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