MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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	355% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	122.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '20 at 07:37
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,200 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 857 76% 643 Pts	64-Core 2,049 127% 2,049 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 95%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 201 Parallax 137 109% 157 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 155 Splatting 114 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Device(7333 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.11.3 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 27.7 Parallax 21.5 14% 22 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 16 Splatting 20 17% 20.8 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPE21D280GA 280GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 402% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010480 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1639 1566 1593 1534 1529 1513 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2009 Write 1,661 Mixed 1787 SusWrite 1,562 395% 1,755 MB/s	4K Read 155 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 144 492% 145 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 566 431% 586 MB/s
Poor: 293% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 520%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 206GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1451 407 399 408 408 408 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,138 Write 1463 Mixed 1,410 SusWrite 580 311% 1,398 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 77.1 239% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 500 DQ Mixed 561 427% 580 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 280%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC4C SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 175 159 167 177 160 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 140 Write 96.3 Mixed 78.9 SusWrite 165 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 16GB 6,219 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 10GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.8 5.4 4.9 5.2 4.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 5.7 Mixed 9 SusWrite 5.5 14% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 2.6 148% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	MC Read 50.9 MC Write 78.4 MC Mixed 52.4 173% 60.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 11.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 142%

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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 $393Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16