MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.1% 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	58.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170626
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 17:39
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7740X-$140 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 870 92% 734 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 85A0) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 119 Parallax 111 89% 113 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 105 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 97380073 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 -22204980877609 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 68 (B1) Unknown 0 0 13 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 97380073 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 97380073 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 97380073 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 36015 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21340 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21340 (F2) Unknown 0 0 27829	58.7% Above average	Read 195 Write 168 Mixed 147 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 10.2 121% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 10.8 47% 105 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 497GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 318 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 61 9435 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4599 (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 26874 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 433 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 56 193273069603 (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 23 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4617	68.6% Good	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 111 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 22GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186261000 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9774 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16338606 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 41303 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 372 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 605290531 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83624 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -8589934557 (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 -128303558022710 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -76864931533770 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -48646978703449	51.7% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 90.8 Mixed 101 71% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR4 2400 C16 1x8GB 3,434 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	43% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 11.1 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.6 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 48%

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Gaming 98%

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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	243x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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

Total price: $791

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