MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.4% 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	94.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 21:47
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 78.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 499 8-Core 738 77% 618 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 93% 112 fps	MRender 98.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS2754D117-514 480GB 1,168 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^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 4328 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1947 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 136 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1031 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103 (E7) Temperature 98 100 35 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1 (EA) Unknown 0 0 149 (F1) Unknown 0 0 40842 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28186	94.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 419 Mixed 455 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 35.7 130% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 58.7 79% 142 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 106%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 273GB free Firmware: JP2OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131073 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 115 115 17192976584 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 21983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4039 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4391 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4391 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 244814118941 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68.4% Good	Read 119 Write 120 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.43 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 74%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 205GB free Firmware: 3.ADA 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 115 95 84979188 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 208583096 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2975 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488243229 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 51 27402837 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 11 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 11 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	54.8% Above average	Read 96.5 Write 94.7 Mixed 85.8 69% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x4GB 4,971 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 27.5 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 24.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 84 48% 84 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 91%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 44%

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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS - $239

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,175x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	748x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	643x

GPU
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	323x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	282x
RTX 2060Nvidia $324Bench 90%, 645,160 samples	225x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	207x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	147x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	134x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	204x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	167x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $702

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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