MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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, 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-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '21 at 16:05
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$206 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 754 73% 600 Pts	64-Core 925 57% 925 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 111 Parallax 99.7 80% 103 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 98.8 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 285 280 300 296 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 350 Write 277 Mixed 98.8 SusWrite 281 183% 252 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1.3 294% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 213%
G-DRIVE ev RaW 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 741GB free, PID 8050 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 92 90 90 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 105 Write 88.6 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 90.7 116% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.3 167% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 17.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 10.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 98%

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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 $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	296x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	170x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16