MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	97.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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	256GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 256GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B96
Motherboard	MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96) (all builds)
Memory	248.2 GB free of 256 GB @ 3.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '21 at 22:37
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980XE-$1,100 4,959 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 43.1 2-Core 291 70% 138 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 966 56% 564 Pts	64-Core 932 58% 932 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8592) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 144 Parallax 136 94% 132 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 136 Splatting 121 104% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme H10 HBRPEKNX0101 256GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 143% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 434 193 53 17 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 774 Write 447 Mixed 512 SusWrite 191 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.1 206% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 210 188% 275 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 158%
Adata SX6000LNP 256GB 9,539 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 238GB free Firmware: V9002s16 SusWrite @10s intervals: 873 877 879 880 881 881 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,438 Write 872 Mixed 347 SusWrite 878 196% 884 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.5 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 664 DQ Mixed 287 261% 382 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 228%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 6TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 35.7 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 37.7 49% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 1 200% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x31.9GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 8 of 8 slots used 255GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3800 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	MC Read 54.7 MC Write 74 MC Mixed 58.9 179% 62.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 79.9 50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 151%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 91%

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Workstation 221%

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Motherboard: MSI Creator X299 (MS-7B96)

CPU
Core i9-10980XEIntel $1,100Bench 84%, 4,959 samples	37x
Core i9-10900XIntelBench 85%, 6,322 samples	33x
Core i9-7940XIntel $654Bench 83%, 4,560 samples	17x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	19x
RTX 2080S (Super)Nvidia $466Bench 131%, 261,508 samples	18x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	15x

SSD
Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)WD $37Bench 244%, 109,999 samples	16x
980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $94Bench 251%, 262,559 samples	14x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $88Bench 341%, 58,572 samples	10x

RAM
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	26x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	23x
4x31.8GBUnknownBench 105%, 601 samples	18x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $2,284

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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