MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% 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	114% 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	343% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	107 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '19 at 04:12
Run Duration	539 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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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-$654 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 81.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 975 88% 741 Pts	64-Core 2,282 141% 2,282 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6687) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 158 Parallax 148 124% 153 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 145 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% 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% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1964 1937 1861 1800 1799 1776 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	343% Outstanding	Read 2,283 Write 2,004 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 1856 418% 1,865 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 205 4K Mixed 72.8 279% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1,289 DQ Write 1,119 DQ Mixed 1,141 872% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 343% Great: 393%
LSI 9750-4i DISK 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: 5.12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 36 37 37 36 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 51% Great: 68%
ACASIS 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 231GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 383 379 373 373 374 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	Read 362 Write 365 Mixed 345 SusWrite 378 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 29.5 96% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 193 141% 184 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%
Samsung 960 EVO 500GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 287% 141GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 2010 2036 1940 1911 1914 1916 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	359% Outstanding	Read 2,369 Write 1,990 Mixed 1,222 SusWrite 1,954 422% 1,884 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 70.4 283% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,433 DQ Write 1,244 DQ Mixed 1,255 964% 1,311 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 359% Great: 344%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 132GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 466 466 467 466 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 477 Mixed 383 SusWrite 466 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55.6 196% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 131%
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: 1276 1270 1274 1272 1272 1205 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,422 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,078 SusWrite 1,262 291% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 47.5 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 67.6 258% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 684 DQ Write 968 DQ Mixed 274 362% 642 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 295%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 353GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2329 2146 1104 1114 1109 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	339% Outstanding	Read 2,428 Write 2,291 Mixed 1,541 SusWrite 1379 428% 1,910 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 242 4K Mixed 82.8 325% 128 MB/s	DQ Read 1,383 DQ Write 1,253 DQ Mixed 1318 989% 1,318 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 339% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 152GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 466 466 465 465 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 475 Mixed 381 SusWrite 466 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55.1 195% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 131%
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 213GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 262 263 262 262 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 426 Write 261 Mixed 293 SusWrite 262 69% 310 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 33.6 133% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 181 164% 251 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 91%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 250GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 103 SusWrite 82.7 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 780GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 121 121 123 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 62.5 Write 112 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 120 65% 88 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.5 200% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 322GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 103 103 103 106 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 168 Write 130 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 103 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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 (84^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 64.3 MC Mixed 42.3 141% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 121% 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 $393Bench 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $785Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16