MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	103% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170720
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 01:24
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (56^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)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 74.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 970 88% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,394 86% 1,394 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 210 Parallax 204 152% 200 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 182 Splatting 130 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 806GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 63 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 25 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 709547523	106% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 43.4 151% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 135 149% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 91 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 57 50 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1227871059	103% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 407 Mixed 410 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 40.7 143% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 126 144% 248 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 64 29765723 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 876297 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -111372796952513 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 73014444064 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45238890528830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20305995 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9459728	88.2% Excellent	Read 157 Write 151 Mixed 119 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.22 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C14D4/8G KHX2133C14D4/8G 32GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 0, 0, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.6% Above average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 14.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 10.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 105%

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

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 $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

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