MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 801 85% 680 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% MSI(1462 8C98) 2GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 12.5 14% 14 fps	MRender 14.3 Gravity 15.9 Splatting 17.8 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12493 (0C) Power cycle count 80 80 19339 (B1) Unknown 97 97 160 (B3) Unknown 99 99 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 4 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 40 (BE) vendor-specific 65 58 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 40 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22294106224	103% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 494 Mixed 515 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 26.5 146% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 25.9 70% 138 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Lexar JumpDrive P10 USB 3.0 32GB-$71 80 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 25GB free, PID a836 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 219 Write 174 Mixed 188 243% 194 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 1.02 151% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FBD2 2x4GB 981 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 23.4 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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