MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive189% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B79
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)  (all builds)
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191106
Uptime10.1 Days
Run DateSep 29 '20 at 12:16
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 26%
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 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 71.7
1-Core 135
2-Core 257
84% 155 Pts
4-Core 491
8-Core 764
78% 628 Pts
64-Core 963
60% 963 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
109% Outstanding
Lighting 141
Reflection 133
Parallax 137
115% 137 fps
MRender 169
Gravity 122
Splatting 102
104% 131 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 109%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73
818GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR020 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 697 784 902 916 931 923 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
189% Outstanding
Read 1,134
Write 895
Mixed 832
SusWrite 859
209% 930 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 88.5
4K Mixed 54.9
184% 62.5 MB/s
DQ Read 908
DQ Write 632
DQ Mixed 307
354% 616 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 189%
Great: 295%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
1TB free
Firmware: 0001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 127 141 141 140 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
62.9% Good
Read 90.8
Write 140
Mixed 66
SusWrite 128
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 106%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.2% Good
MC Read 27
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 26.1
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 16.2
SC Mixed 23.3
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 97.6
41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 111%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,906 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $482
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