MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	4.89% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	216% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 17:09
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 801 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PwrHis(1787 2318) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	4.89% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 8.04 Parallax 13 5% 9 fps	MRender 3.29 Gravity 8.83 Splatting 5.65 5% 5.92 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 4.89% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 858GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,407 Mixed 1,186 331% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 26.7 152% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 80.4 DQ Mixed 39.3 76% 161 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 302%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 199 8866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 529 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2877 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 17 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	77.9% Very good	Read 171 Write 101 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 99%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 115GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 190 185 5483 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4777 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 161 161 119300 (C2) HDA temperature 121 108 29 (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	42.6% Average	Read 60.9 Write 87.4 Mixed 60.6 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 83%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB 2,004 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 8GB free Firmware: 3.03 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 50 45 214148809 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7962 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 700809295 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 99554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 354 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 45 214148809 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	30.8% Below average	Read 50.6 Write 56.7 Mixed 55.2 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.36 71% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 37%
MICRONET FANTOM DRIVE 1TB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 407GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 40.2 Mixed 8.84 35% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 23%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 312GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 65.2 Write 50.7 Mixed 25 55% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.14 16% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 36.3 MC Mixed 26.8 95% 33.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 36.8 SC Mixed 30.2 84% 29.4 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 103%

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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 $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	184x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	23x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	134x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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