MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 14:45
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 275 87% 162 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 506 60% 465 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 188 Parallax 194 140% 184 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 180 Splatting 124 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT500P 500GB 3,338 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: R013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 55 216 51 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 1,110 Write 189 Mixed 91 SusWrite 77.9 78% 367 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 34.8 4K Mixed 38 139% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 56 DQ Mixed 41.5 64% 128 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 441GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 445 476 467 486 487 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 441 Mixed 396 SusWrite 465 100% 444 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 51.2 161% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 443GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1629 997 623 629 629 630 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,036 Write 1,706 Mixed 1,401 SusWrite 856 335% 1,500 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 77.2 244% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,153 DQ Write 1,048 DQ Mixed 1,186 866% 1,129 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 470GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 479 477 483 482 425 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 458 Mixed 352 SusWrite 472 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 34.3 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 181 179% 288 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 317GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 138 122 139 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 21.5 Write 132 Mixed 24 SusWrite 136 57% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 5,810 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 29.9 98% 34.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 24.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 87.6 46% 87.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 115%

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Typical X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) Builds (Compare 278 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	82x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 2080Nvidia $270Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	19x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	16x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	14x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	83x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	31x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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