MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	45.6% 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	229% 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.
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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 71 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 77% 141 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 911 81% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,253 78% 1,253 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.3.3 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.6% Average	Lighting 55.9 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 74.1 46% 64.8 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 55.4 Splatting 52.9 46% 56.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,516 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,665 412% 1,866 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 22.8 122% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 138 106% 137 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 211%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 99GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7566 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 44 (AE) Unknown 100 100 92 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 61 167503724573 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11922336254 (F7) Unknown 100 100 517986075 (F8) Unknown 100 100 342354265	75.2% Very good	Read 506 Write 272 Mixed 352 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 15.8 100% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 53.8 84% 159 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3200C DDR4 2x8GB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 26.7 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 22.2 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 96%

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Gaming 94%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) - $300

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	72x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	41x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $155Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	8x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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