MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% 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	322% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B96
Motherboard	MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96) (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 01:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 79.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 88% 161 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 1,073 95% 806 Pts	64-Core 1,048 65% 1,048 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 96% 123 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 102 Splatting 97.4 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB 1,856 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1821 1845 1838 1857 1859 1844 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	322% Outstanding	Read 2,181 Write 2,044 Mixed 2,020 SusWrite 1,844 456% 2,022 MB/s	4K Read 60.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 82.3 276% 97.4 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 745 DQ Mixed 824 617% 823 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 322% Great: 354%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 374 374 380 386 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 285 Write 249 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 381 175% 242 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 236%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 166 174 171 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 151 Write 163 Mixed 107 SusWrite 171 202% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x31.5GB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 8 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.7% Good	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 19.7 64% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 9.7 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 104%

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 221%

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Motherboard: MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96)

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	37x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7940XIntel $815Bench 83%, 4,560 samples	17x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	19x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	18x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	15x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	16x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	14x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 341%, 58,572 samples	10x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	26x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
4x31.8GBUnknownBench 105%, 601 samples	18x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $2,443

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