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

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	185% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 01:23
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 125 2-Core 255 83% 152 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 869 84% 689 Pts	64-Core 1,350 84% 1,350 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 165 Reflection 192 Parallax 194 134% 184 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 160 Splatting 125 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 238GB free Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11273 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2671 (B1) Unknown 97 97 88 (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 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 768 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19634162099	106% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 500 Mixed 511 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 27.8 136% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 89 138% 262 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2394 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 561 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 54 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3111586092	112% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 414 Mixed 423 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 46.4 167% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 130 151% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,480 Write 747 Mixed 994 237% 1,074 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 48.5 197% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 185 210% 368 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 128127612 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1359 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4328104226 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 128870493719324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 737 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 262148 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 48 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10241 (C2) HDA temperature 30 52 51539607582 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 62461709387661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15541647650 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12167165116	94.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 159 Mixed 132 115% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.21 83% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 172 165 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8003 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3111 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 304197 (C2) HDA temperature 120 95 30 (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	64.3% Good	Read 118 Write 106 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 67%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 82GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 88.9 Write 87.1 Mixed 68.3 103% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.1 52% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 44%

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 (62^nd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 44.3 MC Mixed 24.5 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10.1 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 115%

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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 $455Bench 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 $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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) $30	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