MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	231% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 08:09
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 79.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 254 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 1,016 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,407 87% 1,407 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Lighting 46.5 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.6 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 40 Splatting 36.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 443GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 225 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 702 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 62 57 184685101094 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 875 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 774 (F2) Unknown 100 100 766 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 246656	91.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 482 Mixed 493 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 12.9 96% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 10.7 90% 208 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,666 Write 1,715 Mixed 1,651 375% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 30.2 156% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 560 DQ Mixed 29.7 103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 353%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 212GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 94 59501955 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 423471228 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52269 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1826 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 41 741081132 (C2) HDA temperature 44 59 73014444076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 56 31722354 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.9% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 54 Mixed 48.5 42% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.32 77% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 180GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228315852 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252374306 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1225 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 228315852 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124854699267419 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3917413863 (F2) Unknown 100 253 199312937	66.5% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 112 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.53 112% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 3x8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 13.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 11 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	242x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	59x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	139x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

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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) $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