MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	271% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

1 month ago, 1 month ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago, 9 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago, 7 days ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7B40
Motherboard	MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 14:39
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$225 2,173 User benchmarks, average bench 86% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 253 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 476 64% 472 Pts	64-Core 483 32% 483 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 606,625 User benchmarks, average bench 136% Gigabyte(1458 376B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 185 Parallax 174 134% 175 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 176 Splatting 124 136% 145 fps
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$60 6,764 User benchmarks, average bench 182% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 924 1319 1497 1541 1550 1546 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1735 Write 113 Mixed 328 SusWrite 1,396 196% 893 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 53.6 250% 100 MB/s	DQ Read 897 DQ Write 983 DQ Mixed 87.1 301% 656 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$68 392,883 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 203 203 203 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 164 Mixed 84 SusWrite 200 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GB 17,078 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 35.6 MC Mixed 26.2 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 35.9 SC Mixed 26.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 93%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 93%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 74%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

CPU
Core i5-7640XIntel $225Bench 86%, 2,173 samples	74x
Core i7-7740XIntel $276Bench 88%, 3,824 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $450Bench 106%, 816,196 samples	13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $808Bench 136%, 606,625 samples	10x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $359Bench 96%, 285,581 samples	8x

SSD
EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBHP $60Bench 182%, 6,764 samples	51x
MTFDDAK128MAY-1AH1ZABHA 128GBCrucialBench 83%, 739 samples	4x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $40Bench 103%, 208,635 samples	3x

RAM
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 81%, 17,078 samples	21x
CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 14,953 samples	8x
2800 C16 Series 2x16GBUnknownBench 80%, 324 samples	4x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $735

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16