MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	35.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	230% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 08:53
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$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 (93^rd percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 86% 157 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 1,019 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,421 88% 1,421 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Lighting 46.6 Reflection 44.9 Parallax 39.8 38% 43.8 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 40.3 Splatting 36.6 31% 38.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 443GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 226 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 702 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65541 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 63 57 184685101093 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 883 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 781 (F2) Unknown 100 100 770 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5 (F6) Unknown 100 100 248640	86.3% Excellent	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 495 111% 498 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 13.2 98% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 52.9 78% 137 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,697 Write 1,735 Mixed 1,661 380% 1,698 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 29.7 145% 56.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 28.7 103% 209 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 353%
Seagate ST3400620AS 400GB-$55 3,016 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 212GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 94 65661395 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 423486784 (09) Power-on hours count 41 41 52270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1833 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 41 741015596 (C2) HDA temperature 44 59 73014444076 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 56 41202955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33.7% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 54.7 Mixed 56.5 44% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.32 76% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 180GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231689661 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6624 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 252379712 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30634 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555745313 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 18 231689661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 32813550168753 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3921722812 (F2) Unknown 100 253 372557830	65.8% Good	Read 117 Write 113 Mixed 97.8 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.53 111% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 3x8GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 16.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 12.2 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 97%

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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 $349Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

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

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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