MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	93.3% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '18 at 04:10
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 78.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 242 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 518 8-Core 1,025 91% 772 Pts	64-Core 1,816 112% 1,816 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 114% 144 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 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 60 60 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 260193862	93.3% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 412 Mixed 432 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 31.9 124% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 99 106% 173 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 129%
Hitachi HDN726040ALE614 4TB 4,649 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: W7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 196 196 21491417380 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 26 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 120 120 219044905010 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 188 Mixed 160 133% 178 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.89 175% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 806GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 79.7 Write 78.7 Mixed 56.6 90% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 42%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU3 1TB 1,031 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 499GB free, PID 01de Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 63.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 34 46% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.1 12% 0.21 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 43%
WD My Passport 500GB 3,424 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 434GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 82.7 Write 83.3 Mixed 72.5 102% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.26 84% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.4% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 16.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 10.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 164%

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Typical X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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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	242x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 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	59x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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