MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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	70% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	58.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 84% 153 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 915 85% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,370 85% 1,370 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70% Good	Lighting 90.2 Reflection 93 Parallax 84.5 74% 89.3 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 80.8 Splatting 72.7 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4862467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 -95820720356599 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 206 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 45 38657654815 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 38657654815 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4862467 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4862467 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4862467 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9725 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7032 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7032 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3301	70.3% Very good	Read 504 Write 262 Mixed 289 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 18.4 84% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 90.2 99% 166 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 94%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16475 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 182 (AF) Unknown 100 100 292059742835 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 66 571539490 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 987008 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 379 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 29 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 140892 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 987008 (F2) Unknown 100 100 226844	76.4% Very good	Read 494 Write 280 Mixed 355 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 23.8 95% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 98.5 112% 192 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 95%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$175 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 160 153 11000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2781 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (10) Unknown 216 0 3800523503472 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2707 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 154 Mixed 150 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.3 130% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 29.6 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 142%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	244x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	165x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	97x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	92x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $794

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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