MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	69.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	373% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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

19 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20200529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '23 at 12:43
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 260 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 1,068 94% 799 Pts	64-Core 2,376 147% 2,376 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P4000 12,628 User benchmarks, average bench 67% Nvidia(10DE 11A3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 1901 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Lighting 81.5 Reflection 92.8 Parallax 86.1 66% 86.8 fps	MRender 88.5 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 96 74% 90.3 fps
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 70%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 2562 2041 2040 2042 2051 2039 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	373% Outstanding	Read 3,502 Write 2,844 Mixed 1,660 SusWrite 2129 566% 2,534 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 97.6 4K Mixed 73.5 233% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 855 DQ Write 486 DQ Mixed 684 506% 675 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 373% Great: 381%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 376GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 248 Write 490 Mixed 285 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 49.8 173% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 267 214% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 944GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,489 Write 2,100 Mixed 1,220 428% 1,936 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 69.1 233% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1157 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 1,007 755% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: MN6OAA10 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 156 Write 160 Mixed 99.4 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 85%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 29GB free, PID 5595 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 148 Write 40.2 Mixed 59 86% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.8 155% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 37%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 24GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 131 Write 58.8 Mixed 49.2 87% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.8 137% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3466 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	MC Read 53.2 MC Write 82.9 MC Mixed 52.1 179% 62.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 13.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 110%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 110%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	36x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
Core i9-7960XIntel $347Bench 83%, 2,322 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	37x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	14x
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	12x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	7x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	6x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	24x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	17x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	16x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,048

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16