MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	263% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	16.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170317
Uptime	20.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '22 at 19:00
Run Duration	446 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X-$225 66,470 User benchmarks, average bench 71% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 66 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 70% 127 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 716 62% 532 Pts	64-Core 1,096 68% 1,096 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6160) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 27.9 Parallax 60 52% 50.6 fps	MRender 60.8 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 60.6 51% 62.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1513 1300 1296 1275 1278 1275 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,297 Write 1,849 Mixed 1,622 SusWrite 1,323 397% 1,773 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 61.3 198% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 815 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 692 505% 665 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 410%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 479 Write 467 Mixed 390 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 77.1 4K Mixed 49.2 162% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 121 122 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 156 Write 148 Mixed 107 SusWrite 122 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 29GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 101 97 100 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 138 Write 146 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 99.5 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4 CMK32GX4 CMK16GX4 CMK32GX4 48GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1067, 1067, 1067, 1067 MHz 8192, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 24.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%

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

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Gaming 45%

Speed boat

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X370 SLI PLUS (MS-7A33)

CPU
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	95x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	52x
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	49x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	49x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	44x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	43x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	18x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	12x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	18x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	17x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $36Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	12x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $454

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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