MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96)

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.1% 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	319% 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

24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago, 24 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B96
Motherboard	MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96) (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 02:09
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th 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-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 83.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 935 83% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,941 120% 1,941 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$296 645,160 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)	94.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 134 Parallax 116 96% 123 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.5 91% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 500GB 1,856 User benchmarks, average bench 226% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: GXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1800 1802 1831 1833 1838 1831 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	319% Outstanding	Read 2,178 Write 2,045 Mixed 2,011 SusWrite 1,823 454% 2,014 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 80.3 275% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 882 DQ Write 700 DQ Mixed 779 586% 787 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 319% Great: 354%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 6,400 User benchmarks, average bench 159% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 405 392 387 395 402 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 241 Mixed 49 SusWrite 392 153% 213 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.3 141% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 161% 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: 174 172 166 174 171 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 149 Write 163 Mixed 102 SusWrite 172 200% 146 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 210% 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 @ 3600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	76.7% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 37.5 MC Mixed 26 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 10.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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	38x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7940XIntel $654Bench 83%, 4,560 samples	17x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 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 $90Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	14x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $85Bench 341%, 58,572 samples	10x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	27x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
4x31.8GBUnknownBench 105%, 601 samples	18x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16