MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	88.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 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-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	49.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 843 78% 651 Pts	64-Core 1,255 78% 1,255 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1647 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 120 90% 117 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 103 Splatting 98.5 82% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 59GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17366413 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -80676665667193 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 45 38657654818 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 38657654818 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17366413 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17366413 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17366413 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10131 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7296 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7296 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3655	87.4% Excellent	Read 514 Write 234 Mixed 281 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 25.9 140% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 41.9 91% 186 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 94%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (AF) Unknown 100 100 374183166591 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 772669478 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1118667 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 102 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 28109 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1118667 (F2) Unknown 100 100 288984	88.3% Excellent	Read 478 Write 250 Mixed 292 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 29.3 138% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 96.5 123% 224 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 95%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$182 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 148 11133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (10) Unknown 255 0 11884857358149 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2990 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	93.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 146 Mixed 136 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.34 116% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 69.6 MC Mixed 38.6 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 142%

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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 $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	244x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	165x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	105x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	143x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	91x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $784

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	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 $44	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