MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	257% 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-7B40
Motherboard	MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '20 at 13:22
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$110 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 516 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 1102 1092 543 1274 1203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,817 Write 1,533 Mixed 1,196 SusWrite 1,015 311% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 55 269% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 904 DQ Write 1,014 DQ Mixed 86.7 307% 668 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 248%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 430GB free Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 389 470 481 483 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 428 Mixed 407 SusWrite 380 94% 416 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 46.3 178% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 214 166% 222 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 438 436 437 436 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 450 Mixed 429 SusWrite 418 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 64.4 220% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$76 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 71.8 Write 66.5 Mixed 42.1 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 199 198 201 198 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 161 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 197 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64AZ-2G3B1 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH 16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24.6 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

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Typical X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

CPU
Core i7-7740XIntel $200Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	14x
Core i5-7640XIntel $110Bench 84%, 2,123 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	3x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	3x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	2x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 24,428 samples	3x
Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $171Bench 83%, 37,802 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	1x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $317

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