MSI X299 RAIDER (MS-7A94)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	211% 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	60.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 04:49
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,508 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 77.6 1-Core 123 2-Core 252 82% 151 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 950 85% 718 Pts	64-Core 2,715 168% 2,715 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB; MSI Aero 1080 Ti CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 187 Parallax 187 143% 183 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 117 109% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: AAHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 2,373 Write 1,267 Mixed 1,747 397% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 59 4K Mixed 20.2 89% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 14.1 86% 182 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 216%
MD4000GBDS 4TB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 07.02E.M Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 163 163 10833 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 63 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 3 (C2) HDA temperature 117 115 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 164 Mixed 158 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.71 170% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 57.7 MC Mixed 38.8 128% 44.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10.3 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 140%

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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 $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	293x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	184x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	140x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	34x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	23x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	168x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	134x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	103x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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) $35	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