MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 143% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	143% 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	197% 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-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	61.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 20:24
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 82 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 1,047 93% 786 Pts	64-Core 1,804 112% 1,804 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 212 Reflection 185 Parallax 204 173% 201 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 832GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1884 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2441 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 69 (A4) Unknown 100 100 59576 (A5) Unknown 100 100 74 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 138 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 89625 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 32 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 515906 (F2) Unknown 100 100 609575 (F5) Unknown 100 100 953216	78.5% Very good	Read 511 Write 427 Mixed 469 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 19.5 100% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 80.2 DQ Mixed 17.1 23% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,878 Write 1,210 Mixed 1,358 328% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.1 152% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 22.6 31% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 247%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0911 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 156 Write 130 Mixed 93.4 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 6.85 4K Mixed 0.44 208% 2.69 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10004 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 100 100 47 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 85 4522 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7447 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11291 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2697 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159347733 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 611 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 221900	63.9% Good	Read 108 Write 115 Mixed 111 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 911GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 71 63 13853334 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2043 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8068241 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 638 (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 75 63 420741145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2049 (C2) HDA temperature 25 13 55834574873 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 13853334 (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 -37958920959389 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3903454771 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2087003027	97% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 160 Mixed 155 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.26 99% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 112%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 60.7 MC Mixed 36.7 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 11 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 140%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	35x
Core i9-7960XIntel $347Bench 83%, 2,322 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	14x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,420Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	12x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	7x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	6x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	17x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	16x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,028

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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