MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	261% 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	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170627
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '18 at 15:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (44^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-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 105 2-Core 211 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 839 74% 628 Pts	64-Core 1,449 90% 1,449 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 79% 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 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 193 Parallax 167 137% 176 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 164 Splatting 125 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 953GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 2,024 Mixed 1,923 455% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 65.8 241% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 53.2 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 247 195% 256 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 363%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,167 Write 1,797 Mixed 1,734 423% 1,899 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 32.2 191% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 31 73% 141 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 353%
Intel MEMPEK1W032GA 29GB 1,656 User benchmarks, average bench 263% 24GB free Firmware: K3110310 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,250 Write 283 Mixed 470 144% 667 MB/s	4K Read 175 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 142 512% 146 MB/s	DQ Read 454 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 176 181% 301 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 328%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 873GB free Firmware: DN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 115717142 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 111 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9111684 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -22892175687540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (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 69 60 521338911 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 520 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 565 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 81604378655 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 4 115717142 (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 -20654497726366 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5990314875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1338193944	90.6% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 157 Mixed 153 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.36 162% 1.78 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 126%

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 (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 59.7 MC Mixed 35 125% 43.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 11.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 80.2 50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 140%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 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 $1,306Bench 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 $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