MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	107% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 14:13
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 76.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 265 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 973 89% 743 Pts	64-Core 1,418 88% 1,418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 206 Parallax 183 155% 193 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 187 Splatting 132 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 775 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 119 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 40 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2113571615	107% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 411 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 42.4 151% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 117 144% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 65537 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 155 155 42976084414 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 23 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 206160068651 (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 20	84.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 152 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.67 4K Mixed 0.41 154% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 253GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 104 (03) Spinup time 151 151 34383135088 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9099 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 146 146 29 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 46004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1110 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16237 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 249108824104 (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 200 200 650	42% Average	Read 71.9 Write 74.5 Mixed 74.6 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.13 42% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 142GB free Firmware: ML6OA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 97 (03) Spinup time 159 159 34380972399 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9383 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 148 148 28 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 45995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1107 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 16328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 16328 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 236223922214 (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 200 200 275	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 99 Mixed 93.2 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 73%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 115GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 253 248 8083 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3841 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3436 (C2) HDA temperature 108 100 44 (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 1	59.6% Above average	Read 107 Write 101 Mixed 92.5 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.32 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 52.8 MC Mixed 30.8 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 86.9 46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 140%

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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 $420Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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