MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	7.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 08:38
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 88.2 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 97% 178 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 902 91% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,175 73% 1,175 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.2 92% 108 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 99.7 80% 96.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13812 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1256 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80886608 (AE) Unknown 100 100 219 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 331 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 21255 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18207 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1123082877	83.5% Excellent	Read 439 Write 414 Mixed 418 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 21.9 102% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 65.9 96% 174 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 101%
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 7979 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (A5) Unknown 100 100 884791968140 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 136 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 38 266287972410 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 566940467332 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 618 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1841 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1193 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2821 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	47.9% Average	Read 485 Write 107 Mixed 188 56% 260 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 3.42 58% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 4.21 40% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 71%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 448GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1188 (03) Spinup time 129 128 4541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 888 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 738 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 722 (C2) HDA temperature 93 82 50 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	80.2% Excellent	Read 153 Write 126 Mixed 94.1 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.24 84% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 24.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 12.1 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 57%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	242x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	139x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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