MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive167% 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.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B79
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190805
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 24 '21 at 07:20
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU9%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Memory 68
1-Core 144
2-Core 281
87% 164 Pts
4-Core 552
8-Core 798
84% 675 Pts
64-Core 1,018
63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324
Device(7377 0000) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.77
Performing below potential (53rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.1% Outstanding
Lighting 113
Reflection 107
Parallax 108
92% 109 fps
MRender 135
Gravity 99.5
Splatting 91.6
87% 109 fps
Poor: 80%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 97%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM12.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 267 281 313 287 265 262 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 1,357
Write 679
Mixed 650
SusWrite 279
164% 741 MB/s
4K Read 42.8
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 59.3
219% 83.2 MB/s
DQ Read 714
DQ Write 578
DQ Mixed 432
382% 575 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 167%
Great: 223%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
665GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 70 73 73 74 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
40.5% Average
Read 68.3
Write 73.1
Mixed 41.9
SusWrite 72.5
47% 63.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 3200 C16 Series F4-3200C16-8GTZR 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.3% Good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.6
70% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 21.1
SC Write 16.1
SC Mixed 25.1
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

 SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 8 6 60 21.7" 1280 720 GSM5B55 LG FULL HD
Typical X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,911 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: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $458
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