MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.3% 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	305% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 07:58
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 80.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 82% 148 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 945 85% 714 Pts	64-Core 2515 156% 2515 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.100.0.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 80.7 56% 69.1 fps	MRender 54.2 Gravity 62.2 Splatting 70.4 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 894GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 997 Write 1,092 Mixed 901 223% 997 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 10.2 56% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 30.3 74% 153 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 291%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 761GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,296 Write 2,708 Mixed 2,341 549% 2,448 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.3 150% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 29.6 36% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 372%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 477GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 1,441 Mixed 1,616 392% 1,772 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 49.5 184% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 420 DQ Mixed 226 266% 469 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 283%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.8% Below average	Read 39.7 Write 40.8 Mixed 7.84 35% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 7.79 4K Mixed 0.66 290% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 18 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 11 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 85%

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Gaming 101%

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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 $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	35x
Core i9-7960XIntel $347Bench 83%, 2,322 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $1,042

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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