MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	122% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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	21.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170605
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '22 at 05:11
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$206 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 66 1-Core 87.4 2-Core 176 62% 110 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 698 62% 525 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 183 Parallax 191 134% 180 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 172 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 159 128 157 116 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 399 Write 357 Mixed 200 SusWrite 139 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 28.3 116% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 217 184% 270 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 984GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 147 150 151 151 152 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 156 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 149 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 173 175 174 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 179 Mixed 38.8 SusWrite 173 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 57GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 17 17 16 17 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 14.7 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 16.5 26% 20.9 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 2.9 212% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 38%
SanDisk Clip Sport Go 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 29GB free, PID 75a2 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 6.7 Write 5.7 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 5.6 8% 6.05 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 2 127% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 23 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 10.1 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 98%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	296x
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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	56x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	24x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	170x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	135x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $777

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16