MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	72% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191106
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '21 at 12:43
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 73.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 306 94% 178 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1210 107% 906 Pts	64-Core 2,185 135% 2,185 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 97%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$240 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 872C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 87.2 Parallax 82.2 74% 86.7 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 79.6 Splatting 71 68% 85.7 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: P3CR013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 85 83 97 89 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,413 Write 462 Mixed 954 SusWrite 201 167% 757 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 45.9 154% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 55.6 DQ Mixed 89.8 86% 141 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 295%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 926GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 972 1193 1208 1224 1181 1178 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,373 Write 1,231 Mixed 1,210 SusWrite 1,160 280% 1,243 MB/s	4K Read 66.4 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 91.2 306% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,421 DQ Write 1,311 DQ Mixed 1,369 1,026% 1,367 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 372%
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 13GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 78 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 81.8 Write 81.7 Mixed 62.8 SusWrite 77.7 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 60%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 10GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 159 172 159 145 174 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 129 Write 93 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 161 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RA24D408GX2-4000C19A 4x8GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 35 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 30.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 26.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 93.7 43% 93.7 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 120%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 3600AMD $82Bench 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: $472

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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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