MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	153% 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

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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 08:24
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$420 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 810 77% 636 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.7% 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 3602) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2760 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 182 Parallax 160 142% 172 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 188 Splatting 124 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% 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% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 510 312 327 329 328 278 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,765 Write 1,490 Mixed 626 SusWrite 347 234% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.9 192% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 36.9 35% 54.3 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 236%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 116 130 128 121 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 109 Write 100 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 121 73% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 184GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 175 175 173 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 133 Mixed 84 SusWrite 174 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 132GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 88 87 87 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 100 Write 99.7 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 87.7 66% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.3 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 69%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 296GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 118 119 118 118 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 141 Mixed 32 SusWrite 118 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 148% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 338GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 115 114 115 116 114 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Read 114 Write 109 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 113 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 84%
Seagate Basic 2TB 962 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 232GB free Firmware: 9340 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 111 114 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 84.2 Write 84.8 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 111 64% 87.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 260GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 99 99 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 95.7 Write 99.7 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 99.3 110% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 44%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 64.9 MC Mixed 31.7 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 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 $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