MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	257% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Micro-Star MS-7B40
Motherboard	MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '20 at 10:16
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$66 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 91.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 515 8-Core 520 69% 517 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.08 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 104 Parallax 94 81% 99.2 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 82.7 71% 87.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX900 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$40 10,318 User benchmarks, average bench 183% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0802A0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 937 1183 1369 1401 1396 318 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 1,746 Write 1,507 Mixed 1,195 SusWrite 1,101 311% 1,387 MB/s	4K Read 54.1 4K Write 209 4K Mixed 54.4 262% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 1006 DQ Mixed 86.9 305% 664 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 248%
Adata SU635 480GB-$40 5,092 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 447GB free Firmware: N181017a SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 415 462 468 468 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 438 Mixed 402 SusWrite 406 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 48.6 182% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 211 163% 217 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 103%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 466GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 443 438 438 447 314 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 471 Mixed 428 SusWrite 420 101% 446 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 64.3 223% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 128 127 130 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 108 Write 62.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 128 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 3.9 705% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 199 198 198 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 161 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 197 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 2x8GB 17,846 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 86%

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Typical X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40) Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 49%

Yacht

Motherboard: MSI X299M-A PRO (MS-7B40)

CPU
Core i7-7740XIntel $281Bench 87%, 5,094 samples	14x
Core i5-7640XIntel $66Bench 84%, 2,123 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	3x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	3x
RX Vega-64AMD $400Bench 87%, 91,676 samples	3x

SSD
SA2000M8500G 500GBKingstonBench 197%, 87,883 samples	3x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	2x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 241%, 38,097 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3600 C18 2x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 24,428 samples	3x
Vengeance RGB DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $171Bench 83%, 37,802 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	1x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $398

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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