MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 07:07
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 79% 143 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 853 78% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,238 77% 1,238 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 94.7 Parallax 88.3 78% 92.7 fps	MRender 80.1 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 77.6 65% 80 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 1424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1084 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 106 (A3) Unknown 100 100 46 (A4) Unknown 100 100 164930 (A5) Unknown 100 100 141 (A6) Unknown 100 100 40 (A7) Unknown 100 100 87 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 92 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 451 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 124 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 432441 (F2) Unknown 100 100 266479 (F5) Unknown 100 100 329860	65.9% Good	Read 493 Write 215 Mixed 244 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 19.9 86% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 47.9 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 460GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103944752 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1773 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6474433 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 605159458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24828 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133053791864622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5464444422 (F2) Unknown 100 253 247544972093	77.5% Very good	Read 143 Write 128 Mixed 125 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$26 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 130 3816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1546 (C2) HDA temperature 106 93 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.7% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.2 Mixed 97.1 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.43 113% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 30.9 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 27 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 110%

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Desktop 75%

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Workstation 44%

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

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	95x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	52x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	12x

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Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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