MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	101% 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	247% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	112.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 03:25
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,200 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 59.1 2-Core 143 52% 90.1 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 448 42% 351 Pts	64-Core 1022 63% 1022 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 179 Parallax 118 103% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Device(7333 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Lighting 15.8 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 20.4 13% 20.9 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 20 16% 20.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010480 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1309 1409 1413 1372 1465 1421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 1,631 Write 1,454 Mixed 1,515 SusWrite 1,398 338% 1,500 MB/s	4K Read 75.9 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 71.3 244% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 474 355% 476 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 559%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 233GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1388 406 407 406 405 406 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1854 Write 1,339 Mixed 1,246 SusWrite 570 279% 1,252 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 48.5 156% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 442 329% 440 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 166 168 162 174 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 117 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 165 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 10GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.6 6.3 5.4 5.5 5.5 4.8 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 5.8 14% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.3 130% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 38.2 MC Write 64.9 MC Mixed 41.5 138% 48.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 9.4 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 142%

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Typical X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) Builds (Compare 276 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $245Bench 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 $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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