MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 138% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	135% 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	273% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	122.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '17 at 12:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i9-7900X-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 76.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 88% 163 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 1,092 97% 820 Pts	64-Core 1,848 114% 1,848 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 208 Parallax 185 156% 195 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 186 Splatting 131 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,194 Write 1714 Mixed 1,786 422% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 62 213% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 151 166% 274 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1.5TB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 40 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 16 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (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 68 61 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1444541160	110% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 497 Mixed 514 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 37.2 155% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 122 129% 212 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 130%
Intel SSDPEDMW012T4 1TB 1,068 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 1TB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 2,023 Write 1,230 Mixed 1,558 355% 1,604 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 46.2 189% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 154 172% 287 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 250%
Seagate IronWolf 10TB (2016)-$219 347 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9.5TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 67 80207717 (03) Spinup time 87 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8153597 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3826815860777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 639959078 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 23 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 107374182438 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 10 80207717 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132405251801059 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32932365 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47275352
Poor: 34% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 33.5 MC Write 56.3 MC Mixed 34.4 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 10.6 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 142%

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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 $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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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