MSI X299 PRO (MS-7B94)

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.08% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	291% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B94
Motherboard	MSI X299 PRO (MS-7B94) (all builds)
Memory	122.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 19:13
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 242 81% 148 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 838 74% 629 Pts	64-Core 2,580 160% 2,580 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	5.08% Terrible	Lighting 6.2 Reflection 4.7 Parallax 7.8 5% 6.23 fps	MRender 3.7 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 7.2 5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.08% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1792 1070 821 820 820 819 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	291% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 1,963 Mixed 1,669 SusWrite 1,024 386% 1,726 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 89.9 300% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,237 DQ Write 803 DQ Mixed 942 723% 994 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 291% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 490 485 480 479 478 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 477 Mixed 459 SusWrite 482 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 58.1 194% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 483 481 479 484 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 472 Mixed 413 SusWrite 482 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58.4 198% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Team TM8FP4004T 4TB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 833GB free Firmware: VB441D63 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1597 1601 1302 483 1288 1589 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,346 Write 1598 Mixed 1,533 SusWrite 1,310 379% 1,697 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 74.1 265% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,295 DQ Write 988 DQ Mixed 1,181 872% 1,155 MB/s
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 320%
Generic Flash-Disk 0GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID 1908 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 11 Write 6 Mixed 7.2 10% 8.07 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.2 38% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 1% Great: 4%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 65.6 MC Mixed 43.4 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 11.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 142%

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Gaming 177%

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Desktop 93%

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Workstation 192%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 PRO (MS-7B94)

CPU
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	119x
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	78x
Core i9-10920XIntel $850Bench 87%, 3,007 samples	70x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	55x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	47x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	27x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	38x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	21x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	21x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	80x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	69x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	31x

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Value: 43% - Average

Total price: $1,401

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16