MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180131
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 04:21
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 830 82% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,039 64% 1,039 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 85.4 Reflection 80.2 Parallax 69.4 70% 78.3 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 73.6 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1289 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 185 (A9) Unknown 100 100 927 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 77 (AE) Unknown 100 100 449 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 56 240518627356 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 568 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 40646 (F1) Unknown 253 253 23803 (F2) Unknown 253 253 21169 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	96.3% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 474 Mixed 457 106% 475 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 24 115% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 59.2 111% 220 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 114%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 38654705664 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (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 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 120260329495 (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	111% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 193 Mixed 193 146% 193 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 4.46 4K Mixed 1.2 261% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 673GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6225 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2052 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 165 165 107965 (C2) HDA temperature 128 109 22 (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	53.1% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 85 Mixed 112 75% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 90% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 84%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 235GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 8091 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2194 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 704 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 280 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14762 (C2) HDA temperature 129 101 23 (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	44.6% Average	Read 78.9 Write 76.2 Mixed 72.9 57% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 102% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 101%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 13.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 9.5 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 97%

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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 $455Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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: $795

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 $15	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