MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.6% 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 Drive	67.3% 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	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 06:44
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 224 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 736 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,214 75% 1,214 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 106 Parallax 94.2 81% 99.7 fps	MRender 86.9 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 83.9 71% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1230C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th 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 1452 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1095 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 106 (A3) Unknown 100 100 46 (A4) Unknown 100 100 166663 (A5) Unknown 100 100 142 (A6) Unknown 100 100 41 (A7) Unknown 100 100 88 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 92 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 471 (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 442847 (F2) Unknown 100 100 275314 (F5) Unknown 100 100 333326	67.3% Good	Read 489 Write 224 Mixed 244 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 20.3 87% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 48.1 71% 135 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 439GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239320648 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6747329 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (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 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25393 (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 127783866992464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5661221870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 264953133267	72% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 130 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 114%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 149GB free Firmware: 03.03E03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 15 62706 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 96 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1657 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 38 (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	59.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 96 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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 (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 31.3 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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	48x

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 $41Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	12x

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Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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