MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	32GB 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 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 MAX (MS-7B79) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200611
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 07:46
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 5 3600-$84 1,072,639 User benchmarks, average bench 83% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 72.3 1-Core 146 2-Core 265 87% 161 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 841 85% 689 Pts	64-Core 1059 66% 1059 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1265) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 86.6 82% 93.9 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 88.7 Splatting 75.6 70% 87.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2019)-$46 14,978 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 320 316 316 315 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	215% Outstanding	Read 1,780 Write 1,509 Mixed 1,358 SusWrite 340 278% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 72.8 261% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 1,057 DQ Mixed 800 646% 901 MB/s
Poor: 143% ↑ This bench: 215% Great: 238%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 216GB free Firmware: UF220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 136 144 144 144 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 460 Write 391 Mixed 178 SusWrite 172 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 16.7 82% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 12.1 35% 75.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 55%
WDC WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 500GB 43,498 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 214GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 417 428 426 426 427 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 469 Mixed 394 SusWrite 423 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 54.3 190% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 120 155% 279 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 568GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 89 90 90 89 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 132 Write 113 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 88.6 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 462GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 137 142 143 143 142 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 159 Write 141 Mixed 99.1 SusWrite 142 100% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 3TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 125 128 128 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 168 Write 146 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 125 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 31,785 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 29.9 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 29.5 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 96.2 42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 119%

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Typical X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,902 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 86%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $84Bench 83%, 1,072,639 samples	1,390x
Ryzen 7 3700XAMD $205Bench 86%, 635,419 samples	683x
Ryzen 5 5600XAMD $150Bench 96%, 383,420 samples	328x

GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	282x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	280x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	272x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	131x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	121x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	121x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	366x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	155x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBKingstonBench 86%, 239,203 samples	146x

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Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $474

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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

MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

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