MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	258% 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	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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 05 '18 at 05:19
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 91.5 1-Core 147 2-Core 293 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,172 104% 878 Pts	64-Core 2,034 126% 2,034 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2847 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 446GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 6406 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 775 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720917 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 75 57 184683724825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5941 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10490 (F4) Unknown 100 100 11 (F5) Unknown 100 100 21 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1562752	96.6% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 494 Mixed 509 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 13.5 109% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 13.9 97% 224 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 1,784 Mixed 1,561 392% 1,760 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 36.7 191% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 174 178% 290 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 353%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 195 901 (03) Spinup time 179 173 8016 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21684 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 26 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	79.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 135 Mixed 130 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.29 114% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7532 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21761 (C2) HDA temperature 124 110 28 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 114 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 178 171 8066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 253 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31370 (C2) HDA temperature 125 97 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	58.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 105 Mixed 104 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.28 84% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 570GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 175 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1329 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12212 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 428 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 17064 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 30 (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	70.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 101 Mixed 107 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 535GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66920696 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18321403 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 430 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 61 588775452 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15618 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 38654705692 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 71549860190197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8281635145 (F2) Unknown 100 253 211286817344	86.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 152 Mixed 136 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 15GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 231 Write 49.9 Mixed 71.9 116% 117 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 4.69 579% 9.36 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 11.6 DQ Mixed 5.11 618% 9.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

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 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 81.2 MC Mixed 44.8 163% 57 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 12.2 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 142%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	35x
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 $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 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	23x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	17x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	16x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,028

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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