MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	24.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170306
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 05:55
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Ryzen 7 1700-$195 144,475 User benchmarks, average bench 69% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 70.3 1-Core 98 2-Core 196 68% 121 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 698 65% 540 Pts	64-Core 1,213 75% 1,213 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 115 Parallax 95.5 74% 100 fps	MRender 88.6 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 79.6 71% 87.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 219GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 572 (B1) Unknown 98 98 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 38 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20663654320	88.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 409 Mixed 420 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 56.4 4K Mixed 31.5 123% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 90.5 79% 112 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,403 Write 1,178 Mixed 1,361 362% 1,647 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 49.9 4K Mixed 20.8 113% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 21.1 37% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 48GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7399 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 508 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 89 89 10339 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 996530441	87.7% Excellent	Read 506 Write 408 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 29.6 123% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 86.8 76% 108 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 124%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 181 178 7933 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 11 (C2) HDA temperature 129 121 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.2% Good	Read 151 Write 83.2 Mixed 96 82% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.25 75% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 100%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$99 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158535860 (03) Spinup time 90 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 29073089 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2525 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 47245361166 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 76 43 82125979672 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4806 (C2) HDA temperature 24 57 73014444056 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 4 -4136431436 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125636383356613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1402242493 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1306180256	68.3% Good	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 131 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.59 131% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4-3000C DDR4 2x16GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 1067 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 36 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 31.4 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 24.4 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 89%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) - $300

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	72x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $211Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	41x
Ryzen 7 1700AMD $195Bench 69%, 144,475 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	43x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	11x
850 Pro 256GBSamsung $125Bench 102%, 141,929 samples	11x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	8x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	14x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	10x
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $56Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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