MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	326% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	108.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 06 '19 at 00:42
Run Duration	465 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7940X-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 981 88% 745 Pts	64-Core 2,213 137% 2,213 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 123% 147 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 105% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1747 1679 1666 1637 1603 1568 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,956 Mixed 1,232 SusWrite 1650 399% 1,781 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 63.6 269% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,264 DQ Write 1,130 DQ Mixed 1,159 880% 1,185 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 393%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 141GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2043 1937 1919 1916 1918 1920 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	355% Outstanding	Read 2,348 Write 1984 Mixed 1,197 SusWrite 1,942 419% 1,868 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 225 4K Mixed 67.8 278% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,380 DQ Write 1264 DQ Mixed 1,222 944% 1,289 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 355% Great: 363%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 214GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 478 477 477 477 478 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 479 Mixed 456 SusWrite 478 108% 477 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 52.7 186% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$73 171,271 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 550GB free Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1277 1290 1279 1288 1272 1268 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,417 Write 1402 Mixed 1,077 SusWrite 1,279 291% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 66.8 260% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 969 DQ Mixed 273 362% 643 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 295%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 348GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2368 2121 1116 1115 1119 1115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	347% Outstanding	Read 2,436 Write 2,301 Mixed 1,572 SusWrite 1,492 437% 1,951 MB/s	4K Read 60.2 4K Write 239 4K Mixed 82.6 323% 127 MB/s	DQ Read 1,402 DQ Write 1,304 DQ Mixed 1,331 1,005% 1,345 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 347% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 149GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 469 468 469 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 477 Mixed 368 SusWrite 468 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 54.2 194% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 464GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 469 467 469 466 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 478 Mixed 369 SusWrite 467 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 55.3 195% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 131%
Sabrent ROCKET-PRO 256GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 238GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 37 37 38 38 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	20.1% Poor	Read 39.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 37.5 9% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 16.1 4K Mixed 14.9 49% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 21.3 DQ Mixed 18.8 14% 19.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 178%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 247GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 105 SusWrite 82.7 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 775GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 88 95 93 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 96 Write 101 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 92.6 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.5 206% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 145 147 148 148 148 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 149 Write 117 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 146 91% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%

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 @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 63.9 MC Mixed 42 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 142%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 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 $273	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 $177	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