MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	139% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '19 at 23:06
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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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 i5-7640X-$66 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 250 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 483 60% 457 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 8698) ≥ 4GB; Ph-RTX2060-6G, ASUS GeForce RTX 2060 6GB Phoenix Fan Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 104 Parallax 106 92% 107 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 104 Splatting 76.4 83% 105 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 216 211 211 210 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 221 Mixed 278 SusWrite 217 93% 426 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 45.5 197% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 530 DQ Mixed 389 347% 525 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 144%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 95GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 218 196 193 192 194 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 442 Write 431 Mixed 309 SusWrite 214 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 35.4 129% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 279 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D30AESEK.M8FE 2x8GB 7,360 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 28 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 34.8 SC Mixed 29.2 80% 27.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 107%

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

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	184x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 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	134x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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