MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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	226% 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-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180131
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 05:01
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89.9 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 98% 180 Pts	4-Core 597 8-Core 1,196 106% 896 Pts	64-Core 1,668 103% 1,668 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 131 115% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7921 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 11273 (B1) Unknown 93 93 78 (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 63 49 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 82 82 17181 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7314 (F1) Unknown 99 99 46712295530	73.6% Very good	Read 498 Write 343 Mixed 356 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 17.8 105% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 61.4 43% 52.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,101 Write 1,172 Mixed 1,233 331% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 22.6 144% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 22.6 185% 436 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 235414187 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 14722742 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -44418551774563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (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 63 51 639959077 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 995 (C2) HDA temperature 37 49 73014444069 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 235414187 (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 -52780853099957 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25965486992 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4458871999	83.5% Excellent	Read 166 Write 124 Mixed 89.3 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 7.32 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.15 351% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 90%

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 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 60.6 MC Mixed 30.4 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 115%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	243x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	139x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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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