MSI X470 GAMING PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.58% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B79
Motherboard	MSI X470 GAMING PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180423
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 18:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 2600X-$120 142,983 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 84% 150 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 789 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.58% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 46.4 0% 27 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 31.8 Splatting 38.7 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.58% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35900WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 216 194 210 212 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 606 Write 556 Mixed 463 SusWrite 212 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.9 173% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 620 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 350 323% 498 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 144%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 236GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 333 333 331 332 333 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 446 Write 330 Mixed 303 SusWrite 332 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 37.7 147% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 151 141% 213 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 197GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 358 358 359 358 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 358 Mixed 330 SusWrite 358 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 40.6 139% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 194 175% 264 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 28 14 14 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 126 Write 43.2 Mixed 57.9 SusWrite 25.9 72% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.8 155% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D30AEEA.K16FD 2x8GB 201 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2933 MHz clocked @ 1467 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 38.8 MC Mixed 36.8 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 27 SC Write 39.7 SC Mixed 33.1 95% 33.3 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%

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Typical X470 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B79) Builds (Compare 4,478 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X470 GAMING PLUS - $239

CPU
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 samples	1,174x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $125Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	747x
Ryzen 5 2600XAMD $120Bench 74%, 142,983 samples	642x

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	146x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	132x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	357x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	203x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	167x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $702

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