MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170927
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 22:05
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 897 80% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,257 78% 1,257 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 183 Parallax 192 141% 183 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,153 Write 1,141 Mixed 1,249 333% 1,514 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 22.4 162% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 424 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 189 201% 333 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 236%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 398GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 54191536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5653536 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1979 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 246 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 756416555 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 323 (C2) HDA temperature 43 47 64424509483 (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 3650722203546 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4707395368 (F2) Unknown 100 253 46782094879	89.1% Excellent	Read 126 Write 183 Mixed 130 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.23 4K Mixed 0.69 194% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 111%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 346GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 85 98090182 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 906549495536 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 97 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6751 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 40 823525424 (C2) HDA temperature 48 60 60129542192 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 51 60201466 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.2% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 61.9 Mixed 62.7 49% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	MC Read 31 MC Write 57.5 MC Mixed 29.6 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 11 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	184x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	23x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	134x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 73% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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