MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 16:25
Run Duration	287 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 2700X-$210 159,077 User benchmarks, average bench 76% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 919 84% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,302 81% 1,302 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Lighting 95.7 Reflection 87.3 Parallax 76.1 78% 86.4 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 81.4 Splatting 77.3 63% 76.5 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 729 671 664 665 663 667 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,499 Write 2,345 Mixed 1,511 SusWrite 676 392% 1,758 MB/s	4K Read 63.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 84.3 280% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 868 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 792 595% 797 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 753GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1185 1179 1186 1174 1168 1179 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,360 Write 1,206 Mixed 1,164 SusWrite 1,178 276% 1,227 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 70.6 243% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 930 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 546 445% 645 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 372%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 753GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 443 449 446 449 451 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 402 Mixed 413 SusWrite 448 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 41.1 146% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 150 121% 175 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 125%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 454 455 451 416 439 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 415 Write 456 Mixed 308 SusWrite 445 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 38.4 138% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 161 167% 269 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 43GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 21 20 21 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 13.5 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 17.2 25% 20.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.5 108% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 39%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,298 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 50a1 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 105 108 109 103 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	36% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 89.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 107 104% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB-$73 54,616 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 36.1 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 28 SC Write 38.3 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 129%

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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 $125Bench 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 $179	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