MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 85.8 1-Core 130 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 946 88% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,447 90% 1,447 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 184 Parallax 174 173% 191 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 163 Splatting 116 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 770GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL 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 253 100 4964 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1279 (A5) Unknown 100 100 146073190911 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 300 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 44 188979150873 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 365090832668 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 8971 (EA) Unknown 100 100 21649 (F1) Unknown 253 253 18442 (F2) Unknown 253 253 37088 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 486 Write 276 Mixed 276 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 13.5 80% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 7.62 63% 151 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 107%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^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 8993 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2427 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 552 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 2254 (0A) Spinup retry count 148 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1486 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 102 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3215 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043987481 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 54 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1759 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 208 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 170 Mixed 163 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 4.75 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 267% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38684983745 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2251 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8687 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2184 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2644 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2644 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 210454052890 (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 2	88.3% Excellent	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 112 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.43 116% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 82%
Asmt ASMT105 1TB 98 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 62GB free Firmware: 0 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 63.3 Mixed 52.4 45% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.34 72% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 98%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 20.9 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 11.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 164%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	47x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	70x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	19x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	21x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $249Bench 279%, 18,356 samples	16x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	14x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	83x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	30x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	30x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $903

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