MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	144% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20181205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 23:54
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 75.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 217 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 692 69% 562 Pts	64-Core 1,035 64% 1,035 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% PowerColor(148C 2398); powercolor amd rx 5700 xt red devil Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.8.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 116 Parallax 262 106% 169 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 160 115% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TP Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 596 619 634 632 620 641 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,194 Write 615 Mixed 495 SusWrite 624 162% 732 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 41.4 147% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 41.5 98% 202 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 159%
ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 162GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 137 137 138 145 143 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 74.1 Write 45.4 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 138 16% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 0.4 6% 3.27 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 3 DQ Mixed 0.3 1% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 19%
ST5000DM000-1FK1 5TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 387GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 144 147 148 150 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 101 Write 139 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 146 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 8.4 4K Mixed 0.7 7% 3.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1.3 DQ Write 5.1 DQ Mixed 0.4 1% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 19%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 21GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 57 57 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 47.4 Write 15.4 Mixed 34 SusWrite 56.4 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 23GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 178 177 179 180 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 138 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 179 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 147 152 152 154 153 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 154 Mixed 124 SusWrite 150 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 13.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 10 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 88.8 45% 88.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 80%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $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	134x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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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 $46

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