MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 19:24
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i7-7800X-$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 (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 79.2 1-Core 123 2-Core 254 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 776 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8548) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 109 96% 116 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 105 Splatting 94.8 81% 99.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TEAML5Lite3D480G 480GB 4,595 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 210GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 352 350 337 365 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 456 Mixed 432 SusWrite 356 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.5 177% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 123 156% 280 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 559GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 174 174 175 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 101 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 173 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 8.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 82 49% 82 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 67%

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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	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

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