MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	270% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 22:47
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 254 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 816 79% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,059 66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 189 Parallax 177 144% 181 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 1,761 Mixed 1,722 406% 1,822 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 36.5 192% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 612 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 280 297% 490 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 353%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 150GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 659 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 683 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1166 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864839204 (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	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 112 Mixed 88.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 107%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 91GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3260 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 22202 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7482 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 488374301 (C2) HDA temperature 69 44 107896111135 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56110 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.6% Average	Read 85.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 102 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 20.4 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 11.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 97%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 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 $1,280Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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