MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	228% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A94
Motherboard	MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94) (all builds)
Memory	49.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210120
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '21 at 00:43
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 308 95% 179 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 583 77% 577 Pts	64-Core 1,099 68% 1,099 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700XT 50th Anniversary 4,475 User benchmarks, average bench 98% AMD(1002 0B36) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 189 108% 155 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 94.9 92% 114 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1066 768 648 692 669 680 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,170 Write 860 Mixed 646 SusWrite 754 243% 1,107 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 54.5 206% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 827 DQ Write 616 DQ Mixed 506 437% 650 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 372%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 132GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 286 320 322 390 421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 701 Write 1,345 Mixed 829 SusWrite 403 186% 820 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 60.3 4K Mixed 52.4 129% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 1,031 DQ Mixed 703 588% 841 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 365%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 40 57 46 41 39 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 10TB (2016)-$131 396 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 21GB free Firmware: DN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 162 141 152 163 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 176 Mixed 98.4 SusWrite 159 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 244% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 221GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 115 118 124 123 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 61.7 Write 93.8 Mixed 56.9 SusWrite 118 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.4 156% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 677GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 95 85 97 100 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 71.4 Write 80.9 Mixed 73.9 SusWrite 94.2 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 788GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 87 97 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 82.4 Write 86.8 Mixed 94.1 SusWrite 96.2 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 313% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 8TB 11,959 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 106 89 105 109 108 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 112 Write 118 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 103 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 327% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 94%
Seagate Expansion Desk 12TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 6TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 109 93 108 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 5% Great: 108%
ICY BOX IB-AC704-6G 1TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 668GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 283 226 280 290 286 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 364 Write 270 Mixed 285 SusWrite 271 393% 298 MB/s	4K Read 15.5 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 22.7 1,710% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 30.7 DQ Mixed 26.9 2,042% 26.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 195%
Kingston UHS-II SD Reader 256GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 80GB free, PID 3306 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 72 83 85 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 52.7 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 82.1 93% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 3 200% 3.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 3000 2OZ 8x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 66 MC Mixed 35.1 129% 45.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 11.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 160%

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Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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 $393Bench 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 $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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16