MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	194% 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	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

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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170816
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '17 at 10:22
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 144 2-Core 294 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 980 90% 756 Pts	64-Core 1,221 76% 1,221 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.9% 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: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2915 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.7% Average	Lighting 1.23 Reflection 177 Parallax 212 1% 130 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 196 Splatting 140 129% 160 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 1,243 Mixed 1,170 306% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 26.3 122% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 112 128% 215 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 254%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 176 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2765 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6036 (C2) HDA temperature 119 110 33 (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	90.3% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 150 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.28 112% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3TB free Firmware: 0A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 195 312 (03) Spinup time 206 174 6700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 832 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 174 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6923 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 9 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 9 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 12	83.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 130 Mixed 119 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 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 12 (03) Spinup time 208 174 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1093 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 284 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19742 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 35 (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	60.8% Good	Read 113 Write 99.3 Mixed 108 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 2714048 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3828782 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2950 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 277 (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 71 62 521928733 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8323 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 51539607581 (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 44895293147080 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4059929958 (F2) Unknown 100 253 69728137335	111% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 175 Mixed 151 134% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 186GB free Firmware: 0A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 176 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1103 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7094 (C2) HDA temperature 118 97 34 (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	90.2% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 107 Mixed 85 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 119GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 131 Write 70.4 Mixed 108 125% 103 MB/s	4K Read 4.82 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.14 111% 2.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer 16GB 5,058 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 15GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 24.6 Write 8.01 Mixed 10.8 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.66 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 1.44 134% 3.29 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 68.5 MC Mixed 34.9 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11.3 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%

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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

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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 $40	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