MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	292% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	115.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180731
Uptime	10.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration	311 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 784 68% 579 Pts	64-Core 1,906 118% 1,906 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2891 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 211 Parallax 194 145% 194 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 193 Splatting 130 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$238 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1TB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 477 482 480 479 479 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 479 Mixed 457 SusWrite 476 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 59.6 200% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$229 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 662GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 947 2093 1736 1168 1155 1026 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,220 Write 2,086 Mixed 1,542 SusWrite 1,354 404% 1,801 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 73.9 259% 95.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,075 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 919 685% 916 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 371%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$229 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1650 2117 1443 1201 1212 1203 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	307% Outstanding	Read 2,236 Write 2,108 Mixed 1,568 SusWrite 1471 414% 1,846 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 77.1 268% 99.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,149 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 993 742% 994 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 307% Great: 371%
Seagate ST12000DM0007-2GR116 12TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 10.5TB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 245 248 248 248 247 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 42% Great: 93%
SANDISK SDDR-489 128GB 143 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 119GB free, PID cfc9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 45 45 45 45 45 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	Read 90 Write 53.3 Mixed 30.5 SusWrite 43.9 66% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 1.5 105% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 52%
SANDISK SDDR-489 256GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 233GB free, PID cfc9 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 45 44 44 44 52 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 111 SusWrite 45.1 139% 106 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.5 169% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 50%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	MC Read 54 MC Write 81.4 MC Mixed 56.8 183% 64.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 13.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 142%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	82x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 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	31x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x

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Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16