MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	100% 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	117% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B40
Motherboard	MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180803
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 16:49
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 515 67% 506 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 145 Parallax 123 104% 132 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 127 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 434 476 479 476 481 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 476 Mixed 319 SusWrite 459 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 46 174% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 144 162% 278 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 116%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 631GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 505 505 505 506 505 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 141GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 66 66 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 74.5 Write 49.7 Mixed 45.5 SusWrite 65.6 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 103GB free Firmware: 3.AAK SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 62 62 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 43 Write 26.3 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 61.8 30% 41.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 126 128 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 157 Write 120 Mixed 84 SusWrite 126 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 4x8GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 33 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 30.8 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.2 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 113%

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Typical X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

CPU
Core i7-7740XIntel $130Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	14x
Core i5-7640XIntel $66Bench 84%, 2,123 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	3x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	3x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	2x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 24,428 samples	3x
Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $171Bench 83%, 37,802 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	1x

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Value: 110% - Outstanding

Total price: $247

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