MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% 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	117% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 18:49
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 256 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 790 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.8 89% 105 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.7 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9613 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 972 (B1) Unknown 95 95 93 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 267 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19063754449	117% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 44.7 186% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 113 140% 250 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34385035669 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 398 (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 3296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 491 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 491 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 249109020707 (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	77% Very good	Read 169 Write 98.9 Mixed 94.6 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.69 157% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 113%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 180GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 186 174 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1119 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12672 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1087 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122063 (C2) HDA temperature 121 97 29 (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	64.8% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 106 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.19 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 241GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 417 (03) Spinup time 139 132 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1471 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1409 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 129 129 213268 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 26 (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	73.7% Very good	Read 142 Write 115 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 1x16GB 2,591 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 13.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 46%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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