MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 147% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	148% 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	264% 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	58.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '18 at 08:31
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$393 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 95% 174 Pts	4-Core 573 8-Core 1,140 101% 856 Pts	64-Core 2,002 124% 2,002 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.8% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2860 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	148% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 209 Parallax 188 180% 206 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 184 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 148% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 427GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th 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 7020 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 898 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 775 (AD) Unknown 100 100 786453 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 72 57 184683724828 (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 6130 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5489 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10681 (F4) Unknown 100 100 12 (F5) Unknown 100 100 21 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1619328	94.3% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 507 Mixed 510 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 13.6 112% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 13.6 73% 166 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 1,933 Write 1,743 Mixed 1,589 391% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 57.1 210% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 179 179% 288 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 264% 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 way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 195 901 (03) Spinup time 190 173 7500 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1064 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22511 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.7% Excellent	Read 175 Write 138 Mixed 133 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.28 114% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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 as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 172 7475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1278 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8273 (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 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23381 (C2) HDA temperature 122 110 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	67.8% Good	Read 112 Write 124 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 980GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 189 171 7516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32517 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 30 (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	63.6% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 101 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.6% 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 (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 175 7450 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1335 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 434 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 248 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18205 (C2) HDA temperature 123 97 29 (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	68.1% Good	Read 136 Write 102 Mixed 109 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.21 79% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$64 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 540GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145561456 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1205 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22497749 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (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 70 61 555024414 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15937 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 38654705694 (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 132826158602948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8382481306 (F2) Unknown 100 253 327792689627	96.1% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 149 Mixed 129 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%

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)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 44.7 MC Write 80.5 MC Mixed 45 162% 56.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 142%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 110%

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

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	36x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
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 $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	8x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 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	24x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	17x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	16x

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Value: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $1,047

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16