MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	97.3% 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	101% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	52.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 00:05
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 74.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 79% 145 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 736 71% 585 Pts	64-Core 1,059 66% 1,059 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 66.7 Parallax 54.6 116% 87.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 81.9 Splatting 49.1 61% 78.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 399GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 403 386 421 419 418 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 405 Write 384 Mixed 317 SusWrite 413 86% 380 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 42.1 140% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 868GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 400 373 391 354 338 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 384 Write 382 Mixed 328 SusWrite 380 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 42.3 149% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 210 210 215 214 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 202 Mixed 102 SusWrite 212 134% 183 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.3 291% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 126%
Seagate ST4000DM006-2G5107 4TB 7,216 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 204 206 210 208 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 193 Mixed 95.7 SusWrite 207 129% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1.1 259% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 46.4 MC Mixed 26.6 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 9.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 91.8 44% 91.8 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.9% 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	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