MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 30% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 09:38
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 70.9 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 170 65% 113 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 542 51% 424 Pts	64-Core 1,075 66% 1,075 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.3 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 59.9 39% 46.8 fps	MRender 30.5 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 40 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 249 202 287 194 266 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 217 Write 83.7 Mixed 137 SusWrite 237 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 12.4 59% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.7 DQ Write 27.9 DQ Mixed 25.2 20% 26.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: AP4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 121 120 120 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 111 Write 105 Mixed 67.7 SusWrite 119 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x4GB-$40 28,855 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 1067 MHz Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.6% Very good	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 27.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 99.3 40% 99.3 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 104%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	102x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	100x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $155Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	82x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	35x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	18x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

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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