MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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 Drive	The 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.
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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A33
Motherboard	MSI X370 GAMING PLUS (MS-7A33) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '21 at 13:57
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 1600X-$125 140,440 User benchmarks, average bench 74% AM4, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 79.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 731 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 936 58% 936 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$270 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Gigabyte(1458 3FF1) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 114 Parallax 122 100% 120 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 112 Splatting 106 104% 132 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 650GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 57 74 115 132 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 151 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 99.9 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA MK3252GSX 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 297GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 37 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	16.5% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 36.7 43% 30.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$28 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 32.8 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.5 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 28.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 81.4 49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 42%

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

CPU
Ryzen 5 1600AMD $110Bench 70%, 392,253 samples	102x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $195Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	100x
Ryzen 5 2600AMD $140Bench 73%, 179,588 samples	83x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	76x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	65x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	64x

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	22x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	21x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $50Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	67x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	35x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $28Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	18x

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