MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36% 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	215% 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-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 06:15
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 9 3900X-$395 197,342 User benchmarks, average bench 88% AM4, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 95% 178 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 1,190 98% 855 Pts	64-Core 2188 135% 2188 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36% Below average	Lighting 12.3 Reflection 131 Parallax 128 10% 90.3 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 120 Splatting 97.5 86% 107 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 780 557 547 542 532 524 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1,235 Mixed 600 SusWrite 580 218% 981 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 62.3 220% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,204 DQ Write 1,109 DQ Mixed 922 756% 1,078 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 254%
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 324GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 404 410 409 404 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 438 Mixed 304 SusWrite 413 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 36.8 143% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 225 194% 285 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 101%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 85GB free Firmware: SAFM00.U SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 493 489 492 494 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 494 Mixed 322 SusWrite 490 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 39.2 144% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 367 DQ Mixed 66.6 122% 239 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 89GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 105 107 103 105 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 191 Write 135 Mixed 81.3 SusWrite 104 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 112%
HP Desktop HD BD07 2TB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 54GB free, PID bd07 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 72 68 94 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 71 SusWrite 88.4 122% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 122% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 46%
WD Elements SE 25FE 1TB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 451GB free, PID 25fe Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 39.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 36.5 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 154% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 67%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 12GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 2.4 5.4 3.6 6.9 6.3 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 25 Write 1.5 SusWrite 4.8 9% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 33% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% Great: 9%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 31 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.3 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 27.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 129%

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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 $115Bench 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 $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