MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	119.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 01:43
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 (86^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 75.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 987 89% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,410 87% 1,410 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6591) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 190 Parallax 189 142% 184 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 173 Splatting 123 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 223GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 1,849 Write 1,390 Mixed 1,288 335% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 29.6 149% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 424 DQ Mixed 211 235% 401 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 254%
WD Green 240GB (2016) 20,831 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9526440233919 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 25 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 15 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 40 257698037804 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4303571387370 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3629 (EA) Unknown 100 100 28140 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17827 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4720 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	36.3% Below average	Read 476 Write 21.3 Mixed 241 53% 246 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 3.29 53% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 35.5 DQ Mixed 0.06 8% 19.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 198641592 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1365 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1540116 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 59 554958881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15647 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 60129542177 (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 -4440996182928 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1659160724 (F2) Unknown 100 253 977540407	103% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 144 Mixed 179 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.21 106% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131480296 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9544378 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 450 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 571736097 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22637 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 60129542177 (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 8542689952768 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7829772024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66998982571	94% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 134 Mixed 151 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.43 117% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.4% Outstanding	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 49.5 MC Mixed 29.4 102% 35.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 11.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 142%

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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 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	294x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $81Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	169x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16