MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	378% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180801
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '19 at 03:23
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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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 i9-9960X-$1,579 850 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 81.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1,026 92% 774 Pts	64-Core 2,815 174% 2,815 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3722) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 174 Reflection 166 Parallax 161 142% 167 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 144 Splatting 108 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 410GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2065 2133 2004 2140 2132 2135 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	378% Outstanding	Read 2,478 Write 2,187 Mixed 1,421 SusWrite 2,102 460% 2047 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 90.4 312% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 1,300 DQ Write 1,104 DQ Mixed 1,172 886% 1,192 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 378% Great: 393%
Marvell Raid VD 240GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 48GB free Firmware: MV.R00-0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 142 140 139 138 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 710 Write 746 Mixed 518 SusWrite 222 123% 549 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 50.7 169% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 375 284% 380 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 128GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 60 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 70.5 Write 72.7 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 61.5 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 45%
Apple HDD HTS541010A9E662 1TB 4,614 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: JA0AB5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 99 99 98 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 99.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 98.2 60% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 59%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID a81d, Lexar 8G Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 11 12% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 25% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3333 C16 4x16GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 57.6 MC Mixed 38.6 128% 44.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 10.6 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 185%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	185x
Core i9-7900XIntel $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16