MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.5% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '22 at 18:28
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 67.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 204 70% 126 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 653 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 1,108 69% 1,108 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.5% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 97 79% 101 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 86.5 75% 92 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,536 Write 791 Mixed 346 194% 891 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 43.4 142% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 620 463% 621 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 166GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 102 101 100 96 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 118 Write 76.7 Mixed 73.1 SusWrite 98.4 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 27,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69% Good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 25.2 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 107%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33) Builds (Compare 851 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33)

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	102x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	100x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	35x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	18x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $400

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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