MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	281% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181205
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '19 at 06:27
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 78.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 270 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 968 89% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,418 88% 1,418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 3027 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 197 Parallax 183 151% 188 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 189 Splatting 129 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PRO-X-1TB-G2 1TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 817GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN163 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1504 1583 1580 1401 1373 1375 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 2,065 Write 1,393 Mixed 1,057 SusWrite 1,469 334% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 58 217% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,117 DQ Write 800 DQ Mixed 919 697% 945 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 322%
PRO-X-1TB-G2 1TB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 589GB free Firmware: SVN163 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1422 1415 1405 1431 1403 1427 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,043 Write 1411 Mixed 1,062 SusWrite 1,417 331% 1,483 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 60.4 222% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,110 DQ Write 861 DQ Mixed 951 721% 974 MB/s
Poor: 117% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 322%
MB4000GCWDC 4TB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: HPGE SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 173 175 174 172 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 174 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

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 (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.5% Above average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 13.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 10.3 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	112x

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
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	23x

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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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