MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	307% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	51.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	466 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 81.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 230 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 974 89% 744 Pts	64-Core 2,352 146% 2,352 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB; 08G-P4-6686-KR CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 156 Parallax 148 125% 153 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 146 Splatting 115 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1871 1798 1771 1728 1824 1752 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,161 Write 1,991 Mixed 1,373 SusWrite 1,791 411% 1,829 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 185 4K Mixed 61.5 244% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 773 DQ Mixed 831 624% 835 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 393%
LSI 9750-4i DISK 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2.5TB free Firmware: 5.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 33 34 34 32 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 51% Great: 68%
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 141GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 1963 1949 1924 1844 1860 1845 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,280 Write 1,927 Mixed 1068 SusWrite 1,898 402% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 58.3 228% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 960 DQ Write 846 DQ Mixed 896 674% 901 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 344%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 140GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 476 473 470 472 469 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 470 Mixed 387 SusWrite 473 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.9 180% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 131%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 353GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2171 2164 1109 1108 1111 666 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 2,200 Mixed 1,526 SusWrite 1,388 415% 1,850 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 67.2 255% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 894 668% 888 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 196GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 413 414 414 414 417 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 471 Mixed 371 SusWrite 410 98% 435 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 51.5 183% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 131%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 465GB free Firmware: 101020WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1201 864 862 864 863 863 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,832 Write 1,887 Mixed 1,590 SusWrite 920 350% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 52.2 215% 88.3 MB/s	DQ Read 934 DQ Write 770 DQ Mixed 859 641% 854 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 284%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 263 263 263 263 264 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 425 Write 263 Mixed 292 SusWrite 263 69% 311 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 31.5 125% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 179 163% 250 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 240GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 76 76 76 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 124 Write 106 Mixed 84.9 SusWrite 75.7 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 119 121 126 124 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 64.8 Write 112 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 124 68% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 183% 2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 477GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 96 98 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Read 126 Write 100 Mixed 74 SusWrite 97.7 73% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 62.1 MC Mixed 41.8 139% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 11.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 77.5 52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 140%

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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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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