MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	323% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170620
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '20 at 06:11
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 276 85% 157 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 703 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 774 48% 774 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 107% 135 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 966 877 891 897 897 897 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	323% Outstanding	Read 2,598 Write 2,389 Mixed 1,789 SusWrite 904 429% 1,920 MB/s	4K Read 68.6 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 93.8 320% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,544 DQ Write 1,354 DQ Mixed 1,431 1,078% 1,443 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 323% Great: 355%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 40GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 207 197 165 157 173 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Read 372 Write 276 Mixed 273 SusWrite 178 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.5 167% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 222 178% 249 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 85%
Patriot Ignite 480GB-$148 2,730 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 209GB free Firmware: 02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 485 487 485 486 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 449 Mixed 339 SusWrite 485 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42 158% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 174 176% 282 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 12GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 492 Write 473 Mixed 407 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.1 230% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$171 37,802 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 104%

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

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Typical X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) Builds (Compare 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	243x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	139x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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