MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	95.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170802
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '17 at 00:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 68.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 213 73% 132 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 766 70% 588 Pts	64-Core 1,350 84% 1,350 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 163 Parallax 160 109% 152 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 157 Splatting 112 104% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 897 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 205 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 55 50 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2770916358	95.9% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 495 Mixed 507 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 23.8 132% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 94.1 84% 121 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 133325523 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4329402 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 15766824944514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 198 (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 67 60 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 374 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 51539607585 (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 44775034061666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2048520059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39930263	93.8% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 105%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 48GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 37.7 Write 34.6 Mixed 33.4 26% 35.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.43 4K Write 3.83 4K Mixed 0.32 167% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 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	69.7% Good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 104%

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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 $125Bench 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 $295	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