MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7B79
MotherboardMSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)  (all builds)
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191106
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 03 '21 at 18:18
Run Duration160 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing below expectations (30th 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 (25th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 68.6
1-Core 144
2-Core 251
84% 154 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 817
79% 648 Pts
64-Core 1,063
66% 1,063 Pts
Poor: 73%
This bench: 79%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
Zotac(19DA C520) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (73rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 111
Parallax 125
101% 120 fps
MRender 177
Gravity 115
Splatting 104
105% 132 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 102%
Great: 106%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Micron_2200V_MTFDHBA512TCK 512GB
405GB free
Firmware: P1MA0V4
SusWrite @10s intervals: 901 973 1013 1009 978 1006 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 1,074
Write 750
Mixed 932
SusWrite 980
210% 934 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 80.4
4K Mixed 52.1
167% 56.9 MB/s
DQ Read 464
DQ Write 805
269% 634 MB/s
Poor: 94% Great: 181%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89
893GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG01120
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 7.4 1.1 26 59 72 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
29.9% Poor
Read 75.2
Write 79
Mixed 45.9
SusWrite 28.5
42% 57.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
66.9% Good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 18
MC Mixed 26.3
70% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 21
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,906 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 86%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
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Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS MAX (MS-7B79)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $482
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