MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B79
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)  (all builds)
Memory28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191106
Uptime4 Days
Run DateSep 10 '20 at 22:47
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$83
AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 69.1
1-Core 142
2-Core 286
88% 166 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 798
79% 644 Pts
64-Core 948
59% 948 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
61.2% Good
Lighting 77.4
Reflection 76.4
Parallax 66.4
63% 73.4 fps
MRender 70
Gravity 70.6
Splatting 70.4
58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 61.2%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
281GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1982 769 594 587 596 593 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
283% Outstanding
Read 2,422
Write 2,280
Mixed 1,657
SusWrite 853
403% 1,803 MB/s
4K Read 45.5
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 84.6
253% 91 MB/s
DQ Read 1,248
DQ Write 1,175
DQ Mixed 1,189
898% 1,204 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 283%
Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23
143GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HP73
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 14 15 26 32 16 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
10.4% Very poor
Read 15
Write 26.8
Mixed 24.3
SusWrite 20.9
16% 21.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.4
69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 10.4%
Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
464GB free
Firmware: CC66
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 119 121 123 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
69.3% Good
Read 120
Write 118
Mixed 67.8
SusWrite 121
78% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.9
166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 69.3%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.8% Good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 17.9
MC Mixed 27.2
70% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 26.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 104
39% 104 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 114%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 92% - Outstanding Total price: $463
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