MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	216% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A93
Motherboard	MSI X299 SLI PLUS (MS-7A93) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171129
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 19:44
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 88.1 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 248 79% 144 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 890 85% 700 Pts	64-Core 1,399 87% 1,399 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360D) ≥ 4GB; MSI Gaming Trio Geforce 1080-ti CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 196 Parallax 175 146% 184 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 174 Splatting 120 113% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 85GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15195 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 880 (B1) Unknown 97 97 45 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 54 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 368 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9204353536	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 418 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 89.2 4K Mixed 41.1 168% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 119 145% 256 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 115%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 1,926 Write 894 Mixed 1,071 285% 1,297 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 50.8 221% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 187 198% 332 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 73GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30472 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1370 (E8) Unknown 100 100 29487403407 (E9) Unknown 99 0 99	102% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 399 Mixed 403 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 34 150% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 121 144% 251 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 657GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6280 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2200 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40925 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1560 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 72 454688794 (C2) HDA temperature 73 72 454688795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 55374 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63.1% Good	Read 105 Write 114 Mixed 119 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.51 126% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 639GB free Firmware: 1AA01107 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9710 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2726 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 47084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 73 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2040 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 71 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 73 71 454688795 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1993 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2	55% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 96.2 Mixed 86.6 70% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.61 149% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 60%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 390GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1587 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1516 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 486 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1100 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 38 (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	57% Above average	Read 106 Write 92.4 Mixed 74.2 68% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 85%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 229GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 177 6891 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15083 (C2) HDA temperature 117 110 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.4% Very good	Read 132 Write 121 Mixed 128 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 82% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 71.5 MC Mixed 37.6 139% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 11.7 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 115%

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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