MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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	104% 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	124% 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-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 01:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 100% 183 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 849 83% 682 Pts	64-Core 846 52% 846 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 110% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 713GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13330 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10113 (B1) Unknown 99 99 57 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 48 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 71396221874	124% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 504 Mixed 514 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 47.3 186% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 154 167% 277 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Intel SSDPEDMW800G4 800GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 430GB free Firmware: 8EV10171 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 722 Mixed 1,040 267% 1,221 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 40.1 236% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 644 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 223 275% 486 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 216%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 245GB free Firmware: KC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 2408 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 5219733860 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 10195 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 55 689438761 (C2) HDA temperature 41 45 64424509481 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 27 2408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -101275328815451 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1040564663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3408979236	57% Above average	Read 102 Write 94.9 Mixed 94.6 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 6.51 4K Mixed 0.52 196% 2.48 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 88%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 182GB free Firmware: JP4OA3BF Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 73 589824 (02) Throughput performance 134 100 102 (03) Spinup time 120 100 25790447930 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 19924 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 30 37 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 56480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 11156 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 2100548611863 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 55 51 439156781 (C0) Power-off retract count 84 84 20381 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 20381 (C2) HDA temperature 133 125 210454446125 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	66.5% Good	Read 110 Write 122 Mixed 119 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.35 85% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 25.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 85%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	243x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	93x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	139x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	90x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

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 $177	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) $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