MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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-7A91
Motherboard	MSI X299 XPOWER GAMING AC (MS-7A91) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180315
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 18:10
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7900X 146 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 255 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 902 85% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,715 106% 1,715 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 93.4 Parallax 87.5 83% 94.3 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78.9 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 683 Write 947 Mixed 622 168% 751 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 47.2 222% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 896 679% 920 MB/s
Poor: 123% Great: 230%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 162GB free Firmware: SAFC01.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 486 481 476 474 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 475 Mixed 287 SusWrite 479 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 38.5 145% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 74.8 136% 268 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 453GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 99 104 107 106 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	32% Below average	Read 8.2 Write 7.5 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 104 23% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 13% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS5C3020ALA632 2TB-$270 9,828 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: ML6OA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 131 129 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 131 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 32GB 5,781 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 71.7 MC Mixed 40.7 145% 50.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 101%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 102%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	36x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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

Total price: $1,028

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 $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 $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