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 (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, 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	305% 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-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 19:14
Run Duration	478 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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-$654 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)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 88% 162 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 1,010 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 2,338 145% 2,338 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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 149 125% 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: 1962 1830 1739 1642 1655 1575 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2159 Write 2,014 Mixed 1,397 SusWrite 1,734 410% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 62.2 246% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 910 DQ Write 775 DQ Mixed 825 623% 837 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 393%
LSI 9750-4i DISK 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2.5TB free Firmware: 5.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 37 35 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: 1932 1933 1934 1839 1817 1819 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2,182 Write 1,946 Mixed 1,014 SusWrite 1,879 394% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 56.2 226% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 959 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 898 676% 904 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 344%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 140GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 473 474 469 468 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 465 Mixed 400 SusWrite 470 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 48.9 177% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 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: 2159 2150 1105 1110 1109 959 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,289 Write 2,184 Mixed 1559 SusWrite 1432 419% 1,866 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 67.7 257% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 950 DQ Write 831 DQ Mixed 898 671% 893 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 196GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 414 414 413 414 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 404 SusWrite 410 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.5 178% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 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: 1208 861 860 862 861 863 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,830 Write 1,774 Mixed 1,600 SusWrite 919 344% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 51.9 214% 87.7 MB/s	DQ Read 926 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 865 645% 858 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: 263 263 263 262 261 260 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 422 Write 264 Mixed 291 SusWrite 262 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 30.5 123% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 181 164% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 182GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 103 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 118 Write 104 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 96 74% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 868GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 116 115 123 124 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	55% Above average	Read 70.2 Write 76.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 120 61% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.4 178% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 493GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 141 Write 93.8 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 97.2 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 114%
Lacie DJI Copilot HDD 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 130 136 136 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 114 Write 129 Mixed 81 SusWrite 131 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%

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 MC Mixed 41.8 138% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 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%

UFO

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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