MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 125% 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	115% 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	306% 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	53 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 18:53
Run Duration	459 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

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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)	89% Excellent	Memory 81.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 1,012 90% 764 Pts	64-Core 2,339 145% 2,339 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89% 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 CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 157 Parallax 149 126% 153 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 115% 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% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1876 1813 1775 1711 1733 1725 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,161 Write 2,001 Mixed 1,400 SusWrite 1,772 412% 1,834 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 59.9 243% 96.8 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 780 DQ Mixed 843 633% 845 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 393%
LSI 9750-4i DISK 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2.5TB free Firmware: 5.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 37 37 37 37 37 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: 1956 1947 1951 1868 1838 1837 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2180 Write 1946 Mixed 1,088 SusWrite 1,900 399% 1,778 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 57.2 226% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 858 DQ Mixed 900 678% 907 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 344%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 140GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 473 474 470 469 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 472 Mixed 394 SusWrite 471 103% 455 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48.2 177% 66.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 131%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 345GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2156 2150 1120 1113 1110 1109 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 2,290 Write 2,175 Mixed 1,527 SusWrite 1,460 418% 1,863 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 68 256% 98.5 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 840 DQ Mixed 898 672% 896 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 196GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 414 413 414 414 414 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 470 Mixed 397 SusWrite 410 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 48 177% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 115% 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: 1199 860 859 859 860 860 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,829 Write 1709 Mixed 1,577 SusWrite 916 338% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 52 215% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 927 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 864 643% 853 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 284%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 221GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 263 263 263 262 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 424 Write 265 Mixed 296 SusWrite 262 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 30.3 124% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 181 165% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 182GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 108 110 102 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 96 73% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 868GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 119 124 124 125 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 84.3 Write 101 Mixed 54 SusWrite 124 66% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.4 178% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 493GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 98 99 99 99 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 133 Write 92.6 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 97.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.3% 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)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 61.7 MC Mixed 41.7 138% 48.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 11.5 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 119% 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 $15	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