MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

Performance Results


Gaming 124% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	147% 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	97.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A90
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '17 at 20:03
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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-$216 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 above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 76.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 829 81% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,054 65% 1,054 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 84.7% 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: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 203 Parallax 194 182% 207 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 168 Splatting 120 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team L5 LITE SSD 480GB 159 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0918B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 103 (A3) Unknown 100 100 13 (A4) Unknown 100 100 306 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3886 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3062 (F5) Unknown 100 100 4896	97.1% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 386 Mixed 435 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 35.2 132% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 71.7 110% 207 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 97%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769804197 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 133145427997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	98.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 174 Mixed 180 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 114% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 108%

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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 45 MC Mixed 23.8 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 11 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 115%

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Typical X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90) Builds (Compare 276 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING M7 ACK (MS-7A90)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	81x
Core i9-7900XIntel $413Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	21x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 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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Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $256	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16