MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 04:15
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 210 74% 133 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 770 70% 586 Pts	64-Core 1,343 83% 1,343 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.7% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 98.5 Parallax 93.8 74% 94.4 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 82.6 Splatting 86.7 70% 85.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 100 100 855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (A2) Unknown 95 95 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 228 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 32 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 33 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 58 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33	84.5% Excellent	Read 497 Write 436 Mixed 460 104% 464 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 10.5 93% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 19.4 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 70857318 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 155660605 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 19597935776710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 302 (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 60 50 690159656 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 84476 (C2) HDA temperature 40 50 64424509480 (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 -79074642883924 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7566904406 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11817377161	83.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 145 Mixed 141 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 5TB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2TB free Firmware: 040B Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 116 Write 108 Mixed 61.7 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.33 158% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 134 134 21492793636 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1483 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1463 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1485 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1485 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 257698431021 (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 200 200 0	98% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 158 Mixed 160 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.24 116% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	49.2% Average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 14.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 10.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 164%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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 $420Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $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