MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 137% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	123% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 21:39
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 1080 98% 824 Pts	64-Core 1,590 98% 1,590 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2801 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 204 Parallax 180 152% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 649GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,512 Write 1,530 Mixed 1,409 401% 1,817 MB/s	4K Read 55 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 57.7 233% 85.5 MB/s	DQ Read 826 DQ Write 463 DQ Mixed 245 290% 512 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 513GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7539 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1172 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 220 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10305487451	100% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 362 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 31.4 151% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 107 135% 243 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 374GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2969 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 469 (B1) Unknown 99 1 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12285670715	123% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 505 Mixed 517 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.9 178% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 172 183% 303 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 197GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9398 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1532 (B1) Unknown 98 98 50 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 132 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5454852337	87% Excellent	Read 508 Write 412 Mixed 454 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 25.1 108% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 77.5 90% 160 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 86%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 152GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^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 6900 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1293 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 84 (AD) Unknown 99 99 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 123 (B5) Unknown 100 100 6030150993017 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 100 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 508 Write 224 Mixed 327 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 5.8 100% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 226 DQ Mixed 4.87 59% 138 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 74%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 8991 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1605 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 2 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 139 (B5) Unknown 100 100 502513533008 (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 97 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 2	72% Very good	Read 502 Write 257 Mixed 335 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 4.6 99% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 5.95 60% 140 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 55GB free Firmware: 0006 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 12064 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2002 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 515398041689 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 218 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	58.5% Above average	Read 355 Write 136 Mixed 170 48% 221 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 3.62 105% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 18.8 54% 119 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 62.9 MC Mixed 32 123% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 13.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%

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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 $420Bench 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 $1,148Bench 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 $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