MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.7% 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	174% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '21 at 22:12
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 2400G-$135 127,344 User benchmarks, average bench 63% AM4, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.85 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 78.6 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 118 55% 88.8 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 485 49% 397 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega 11 (Ryzen iGPU) 44,235 User benchmarks, average bench 15% MSI(1462 7B79) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.2.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Lighting 20.5 Reflection 15.8 Parallax 29.1 17% 21.8 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 14.2 14% 17.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDS500G3XHC-00SJG0 500GB 11,656 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 366GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 967 830 846 853 860 856 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,045 Write 1,089 Mixed 1000 SusWrite 869 226% 1,001 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 43.1 141% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 715 DQ Mixed 749 570% 772 MB/s
Poor: 184% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 288%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 612GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 160 162 162 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 153 Write 144 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 161 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 83.2 48% 83.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% 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 81%

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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 $155Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	134x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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 $300	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