MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 119% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	126% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). 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, 24 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	52.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 19:18
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 275 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 782 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.3% 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 (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 189 Parallax 175 139% 178 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 178 Splatting 124 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CT500P 500GB 3,338 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: R013 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 43 25 60 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,458 Write 70.5 Mixed 130 SusWrite 51.3 90% 427 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 46.6 181% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 67.3 DQ Mixed 90.2 96% 167 MB/s
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 441GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 483 482 488 488 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 491 Mixed 421 SusWrite 482 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 67.3 228% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 443GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2285 629 631 629 628 628 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,549 Write 2,362 Mixed 1,777 SusWrite 905 424% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 70.6 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 97.4 327% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,536 DQ Write 1,215 DQ Mixed 1,349 1,016% 1,366 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 470GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 482 481 487 487 486 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 413 Mixed 366 SusWrite 481 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.3 180% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 179 180% 291 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 317GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 148 162 158 126 161 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 126 Write 144 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 152 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.7% 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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 31.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 44 SC Mixed 30.4 91% 31.8 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%

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Typical X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) Builds (Compare 277 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	82x
Core i9-7900XIntel $349Bench 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 $43Bench 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 $43Bench 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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Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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