MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	253% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	22.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 22:20
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 88.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 1096 97% 822 Pts	64-Core 1,518 94% 1,518 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 376A) ≥ 4GB; GIGABYTE GeForce AORUS GTX 1080 Ti Waterforce Xtreme Edition 11G CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 208 Parallax 197 151% 197 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 172 Splatting 134 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 792GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,830 Mixed 1,683 417% 1,873 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 34.7 179% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.8 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 34 44% 75.4 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 363%
WD WD100PURZ-85W86Y0 10TB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 7TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 108 (03) Spinup time 149 149 34388705722 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 34 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 175 175 163210068005 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 184 Mixed 169 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 4.97 4K Mixed 0.53 182% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
WD Purple Surveillance 8TB (2017)-$220 256 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6.5TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38684918218 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 866 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 866 (C2) HDA temperature 158 158 188979740713 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 159 Mixed 159 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.44 120% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%
WD WD60PURX-64LZMY0 6TB 1,184 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 206 205 8658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1405 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 528 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1324 (C2) HDA temperature 115 114 37 (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	89% Excellent	Read 152 Write 158 Mixed 147 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.22 111% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 100%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 177 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1138 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 426 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15587 (C2) HDA temperature 109 108 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 123 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 27.3 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 73%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	19x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	16x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	14x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	83x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	30x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x

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Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16