MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	224% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 13:25
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 76.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 927 86% 719 Pts	64-Core 1329 82% 1329 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.77 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 192 Parallax 196 150% 191 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 960 940 1230 1209 1242 1175 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,083 Write 1,537 Mixed 1,437 SusWrite 1,126 346% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 66.5 4K Mixed 51.5 172% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 225 214% 352 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 435%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 467GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 310 396 405 423 397 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Read 431 Write 427 Mixed 366 SusWrite 376 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 26 96% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 86.2 DQ Mixed 175 139% 202 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 99%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 114 123 129 135 126 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 113 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 125 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	2.23% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 2.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.9 5% 4.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 1% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.23% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 45.2 MC Mixed 24 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 9.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 115%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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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 $462Bench 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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Value: 74% - Very good

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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 $52

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