MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.1% 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	275% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A31
Motherboard	MSI X370 XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A31) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 02:27
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^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 1800X-$60 30,050 User benchmarks, average bench 72% AM4, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 253 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 987 88% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,384 86% 1,384 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 73.5 Parallax 92.5 56% 78.3 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 59.3 53% 65.3 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 868GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,814 Write 1,475 Mixed 1,563 429% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 57.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 48.5 219% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 52.9 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 112 98% 138 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 302%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 149346612 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2544975 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -34364033334808 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 58 673644584 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 877 (C2) HDA temperature 40 42 81604378664 (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 -133040906960397 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4343283339 (F2) Unknown 100 253 451078707 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.2% Above average	Read 113 Write 91.5 Mixed 68 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.79 225% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 31.3 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 24.1 SC Write 40.5 SC Mixed 27.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 128%

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Gaming 94%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Ryzen 7 1800XAMD $60Bench 72%, 30,050 samples	72x
Ryzen 7 1700XAMD $225Bench 71%, 66,470 samples	41x
Ryzen 7 2700XAMD $210Bench 76%, 159,077 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 $115Bench 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 $63Bench 85%, 346,786 samples	9x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $961

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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