MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	50.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	8.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 19:27
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 863 79% 661 Pts	64-Core 1,251 77% 1,251 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.3% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 95.4 Parallax 86.7 75% 91.2 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 82.8 Splatting 75.7 65% 79.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 59GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12385560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 -136081743785593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 453 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 210 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 45 38657654819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 38657654819 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12385560 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12385560 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12385560 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10127 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7293 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7293 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3653	86.6% Excellent	Read 514 Write 244 Mixed 271 75% 343 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 25.1 134% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 84.5 112% 202 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 94%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (AA) Unknown 99 99 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (AF) Unknown 100 100 374181003903 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 54 772669478 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1118562 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 102 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 38 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 28076 (E8) Unknown 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1118562 (F2) Unknown 100 100 288895	93.3% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 285 Mixed 363 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 31.4 141% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 19.6 91% 206 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 95%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 148 11133 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (10) Unknown 255 0 11884848462871 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 78 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2990 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 139 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.29 112% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 69.5 MC Mixed 38.8 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 11.5 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 142%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	244x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	164x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	104x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	80x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	60x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	35x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	29x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	140x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	91x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	72x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16