MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	265% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	54.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '18 at 20:57
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 945 86% 722 Pts	64-Core 2,505 155% 2,505 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 180 Parallax 175 142% 177 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 156 Splatting 118 106% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,240 Write 1,798 Mixed 1,832 435% 1,957 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 34.1 156% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 450 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 200 214% 354 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 590GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5894 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 282 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12019916137	97.5% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 35.8 133% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 129 130% 207 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 428GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17582 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 956 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 78 (EB) Unknown 99 99 580 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4512333366	79% Very good	Read 508 Write 350 Mixed 355 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 22.2 105% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 91.7 83% 120 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 408GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11467 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 655 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 336 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2066997253	93.6% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 411 Mixed 415 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 35.5 133% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 120 104% 146 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5697 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 374 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8262933640	86.9% Excellent	Read 524 Write 414 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 23.4 113% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 142 113% 150 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 266GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11053 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 592 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 66 45 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 359 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27090121815	88% Excellent	Read 523 Write 414 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 24.4 117% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 137 112% 150 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 135%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 202GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17532 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 948 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 65 48 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 22 (EB) Unknown 99 99 580 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4860056226	78.7% Very good	Read 508 Write 348 Mixed 357 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 22.1 104% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 39.4 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 92 84% 121 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$139 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 123937733 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52248483 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 139569257251909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (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 63 50 756678693 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 3781 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 463619 (C2) HDA temperature 37 50 34359738405 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 4 2 123937733 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13559211753256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26386548606 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15396089908	115% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 190 Mixed 179 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.28 294% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 111%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 195 8950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 560 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21745 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.8% Very good	Read 140 Write 114 Mixed 130 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 8x8GB 184 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 70.2 MC Mixed 45.5 155% 54.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 145%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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