MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (38%). 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	3.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170816
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '19 at 16:30
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 188 66% 118 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 758 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 1,546 96% 1,546 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 145 Parallax 127 83% 125 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 50.8 Splatting 92.4 65% 78.3 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,578 Write 1,214 Mixed 516 243% 1,103 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.9 176% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 911 DQ Mixed 723 500% 593 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 334 251 251 314 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 437 Write 435 Mixed 349 SusWrite 278 84% 375 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 43.2 149% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 206 169% 235 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB-$71 14,401 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 490GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 87 70 70 88 84 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 91.3 Write 90.2 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 74.8 57% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 62%

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 way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 12 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 6.9 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 97%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16