MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170919
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 02:12
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 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 below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 69.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 214 71% 129 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 705 63% 533 Pts	64-Core 1,219 76% 1,219 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 203 Parallax 179 148% 188 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 182 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 228GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 211 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 57 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1528324869	98.7% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 410 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 34.4 143% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 94.5 107% 183 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,267 Write 973 Mixed 949 236% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 33.3 156% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 96.2 96% 156 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 6GB free Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7253 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2188 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 200 (A9) Unknown 100 100 102 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 96 (AE) Unknown 100 100 195 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 46 197569347615 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 788 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12561 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6226 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14409 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 430 Write 253 Mixed 293 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 21.2 111% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 34.3 77% 161 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 71741448 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1146239 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -50865297686514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (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 66 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 42 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 81 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 10 71741448 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119812407689212 (F1) Unknown 100 253 958716361 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6151096	121% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 216 Mixed 196 155% 206 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.25 250% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$233 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 8.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 160437119 (03) Spinup time 86 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 17 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1533520 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 111235357999118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 67 67 555024417 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 81 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 76 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 64424509473 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 14 9 160437119 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73096048410620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2015000781 (F2) Unknown 100 253 962192854	102% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 173 Mixed 160 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.13 4K Mixed 0.05 12% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 778GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92763584 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40418251 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3183 (B7) Unknown 88 88 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 34847719452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75369 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 -140737488355300 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -20220706025054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99882556169721 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139152591365519	84.3% Excellent	Read 170 Write 124 Mixed 98.9 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 114%
H/W RAID 1 750GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 193GB free Firmware: 0003 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	31.7% Below average	Read 46.7 Write 63.6 Mixed 46 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 37%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 888GB free, PID 3320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 115 Write 140 Mixed 116 163% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.08 14% 0.17 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GB 4,608 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 23.3 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 104 39% 104 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 110%

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	72x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $211Bench 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 $195Bench 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 $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $55Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16