MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	85.9% 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	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-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '17 at 02:57
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (89^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 77.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 254 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 982 89% 746 Pts	64-Core 1,418 88% 1,418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 198 Parallax 174 138% 180 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 168 Splatting 121 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 246GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1,859 Write 1,719 Mixed 1,751 397% 1,776 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 44.4 158% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 583 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 215 226% 379 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 120GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3132 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1068 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 68 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9149070852	91.3% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 42.7 4K Mixed 32.6 112% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 110 125% 213 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11345 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3985 (B1) Unknown 93 93 252 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 89 89 10512 (EB) Unknown 99 99 215 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66418716563	85.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 425 Mixed 498 106% 477 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 20.8 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 75.5 116% 218 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 116%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 795GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 2341 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2412 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6487 (C2) HDA temperature 105 99 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 180 1546 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 179 Mixed 149 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6066 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2007 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22278 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.6% Good	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 112 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 624GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5158 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6080 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1897 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5009 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 52 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	81.7% Excellent	Read 147 Write 138 Mixed 96.1 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.25 90% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 46.3 MC Mixed 25.4 94% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 10.4 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 61%

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Workstation 92%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	108x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	91x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $110Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	133x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16