MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.3% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	53.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '21 at 15:00
Run Duration	267 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9820X-$550 2,515 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 71.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 84% 156 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1,028 92% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,667 103% 1,667 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 133 Parallax 140 101% 132 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 123 Splatting 116 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1619 1609 1546 1443 1455 1377 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,164 Write 1,825 Mixed 1,609 SusWrite 1,508 399% 1,777 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 71.7 264% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,210 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 1,050 790% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 435%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 426GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 477 467 462 462 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 462 Mixed 403 SusWrite 468 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 66.4 206% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 76GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,348 Write 1,826 Mixed 949 377% 1,708 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 74.1 265% 98.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,294 DQ Write 1,002 DQ Mixed 1,034 804% 1110 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 172 168 173 175 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 169 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 171 96% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Innov8 8TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 6TB free Firmware: CE07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 179 175 181 183 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 120 Write 109 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 178 79% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.6 4K Mixed 0.5 238% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Innov8 8TB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5TB free Firmware: CE07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 170 171 171 162 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 119 Write 136 Mixed 31 SusWrite 169 82% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 7.3 4K Mixed 0.6 239% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 86%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 49.1 MC Mixed 27.2 101% 35.3 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 140%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

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