MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 159% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	101% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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 (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	41.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 04:25
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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-$1,509 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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 261 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 1,035 92% 778 Pts	64-Core 2,890 179% 2,890 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 198 Parallax 177 154% 188 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 170 Splatting 130 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 954GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,595 Write 1,808 Mixed 2,052 478% 2,152 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 58.4 209% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 625 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 38.2 181% 409 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 331%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	321% Outstanding	Read 2,606 Write 2,041 Mixed 1,935 487% 2,194 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 65.3 209% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 650 DQ Write 565 DQ Mixed 206 264% 473 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 321% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 607 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 287 (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 61 58 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 274 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2578738366	101% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 401 Mixed 422 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 26.9 142% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 84.3 127% 240 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 248 100 6566 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 676 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 487 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 190 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 204 204 38673318250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2730 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1089 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2733 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2733 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 219044773931 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 194 Mixed 181 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 4.85 4K Mixed 0.55 191% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 29.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 11.6 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 85%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	24x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	22x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	68x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	29x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	27x

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Total price: $744

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) $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