MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 133% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	262% 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 08:01
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$66 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 146 2-Core 293 99% 179 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 579 76% 570 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3762) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 207 Parallax 182 152% 192 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,759 Write 1,213 Mixed 1,501 400% 1,824 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 46.9 228% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 67.9 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 36.4 83% 161 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 154GB free Firmware: 6B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10481 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 5326 (B1) Unknown 90 90 335 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 68 42 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1353 (F1) Unknown 99 99 67597004622	106% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 447 Mixed 513 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.9 147% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 81.9 126% 237 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33460744 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7203 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6279448 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8550 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3583 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 12455960248353 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26770 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 47244640289 (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 -134295037407585 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14295890033 (F2) Unknown 100 253 64713099030	88.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 163 Mixed 171 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.23 73% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 717GB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 173 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7516 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4503 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 938 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 166 166 103039 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.3 117% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 31.3 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 42.1 SC Mixed 32.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 46.2 87% 46.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 122%

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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 $420Bench 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 $1,000Bench 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 $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