MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	281% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 07:09
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 82.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 768 78% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C6) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 125 Parallax 130 109% 130 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 134 Splatting 104 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1471 1419 1642 1610 1611 1607 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 1,652 Write 1,883 Mixed 1,253 SusWrite 1,560 358% 1587 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 53.8 234% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 1,190 DQ Write 1,014 DQ Mixed 1,090 820% 1,098 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 59GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 376 410 412 412 412 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 454 Mixed 357 SusWrite 402 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 35.3 129% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 343 262% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 124%
Kingston SVP100S264G 64GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: CJRA0202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 193 192 192 191 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 190 Write 167 Mixed 124 SusWrite 191 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 13.4 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 23.7 74% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 21.2 24% 39.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 48%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 359GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 58 58 58 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 62.5 Write 59 Mixed 55 SusWrite 58.3 44% 58.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 298GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 74 73 74 75 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.9% Average	Read 71.8 Write 49.3 Mixed 45 SusWrite 73.9 44% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3200 C18 2x16GB 5,437 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 20.3 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 10.9 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 76.4 52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 113%

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Typical X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) Builds (Compare 276 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $1,148Bench 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 $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 $45	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