MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 05:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way below expectations (5^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, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Memory 54.7 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 75.9 36% 56.3 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 240 24% 193 Pts	64-Core 300 18% 300 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 138 55% 101 fps	MRender 163 Gravity 116 Splatting 96.8 99% 125 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 111 110 115 108 210 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 473 Write 104 Mixed 212 SusWrite 138 51% 232 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 32.4 123% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 192 155% 223 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 50GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 80 82 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 78.5 Write 79.5 Mixed 53 SusWrite 81.7 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 86%

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 (6^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 9.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 4.2 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 144 28% 144 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 97%

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

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	244x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	140x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	91x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16