MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	38.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 13 '19 at 03:53
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600-$150 179,588 User benchmarks, average bench 73% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 73.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 671 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 81%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 45.8 Reflection 45.6 Parallax 40.2 37% 43.9 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 38.3 33% 40.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1261) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.1% Very good	Lighting 93.2 Reflection 87.7 Parallax 81.2 76% 87.3 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 86.8 Splatting 74.3 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 38 35 42 38 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 394 Write 42.3 Mixed 97.5 SusWrite 43.6 31% 144 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 0.1 55% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 18.3 40% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 7GB free Firmware: HP13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 103 100 104 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 106 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 258GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 133 133 135 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 135 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 134 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 32GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 93.9 43% 93.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 104%

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

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Typical X470 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,502 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS - $239

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,177x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $150Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	751x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $189Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	645x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	323x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	283x
RTX 2060Nvidia $294Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	225x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	134x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	205x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	168x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $700

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16