MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170906
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 05:02
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 997 89% 754 Pts	64-Core 1,409 87% 1,409 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 55.5 Parallax 102 64% 78.9 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 71.1 56% 67.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 1,332 Mixed 1,338 345% 1,559 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 25.2 173% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 443 DQ Mixed 23.9 84% 171 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 254%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 152GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 327681 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 117 117 21496070466 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5258 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 46 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38426 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3161 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6946 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6946 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227634118687 (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	52.8% Above average	Read 83 Write 101 Mixed 71.9 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.42 85% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 45.8 MC Mixed 25.3 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 10.5 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 61%

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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	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 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	30x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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