MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	25.4% 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	312% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 14:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 1700X-$211 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 902 78% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,317 82% 1,317 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1757 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.4% Poor	Lighting 4.83 Reflection 97.9 Parallax 87.6 4% 63.4 fps	MRender 85.4 Gravity 86.2 Splatting 76.4 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB-$185 3,141 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 482GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1503 1600 1610 1641 1601 1642 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,396 Write 1,612 Mixed 1,337 SusWrite 1,600 388% 1,736 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 75.2 254% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 823 DQ Mixed 893 667% 886 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 354%
V Series SATA SSD 240GB 4,398 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 94GB free Firmware: V3.35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 417 415 412 413 389 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 483 Write 375 Mixed 331 SusWrite 410 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 15.7 114% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 25.5 63% 131 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 162 163 161 160 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Read 140 Write 186 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 161 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 145 146 147 143 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 126 Mixed 92.2 SusWrite 145 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FBD 2x8GB 2,945 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 40.6 MC Write 37.1 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 39.5 SC Mixed 30.6 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 97%

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Typical X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) Builds (Compare 277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 94%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $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 $155Bench 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 $269	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