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

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	238% 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	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 10:36
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 84.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 288 94% 173 Pts	4-Core 583 8-Core 1,045 98% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,316 82% 1,316 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 179 Reflection 202 Parallax 188 146% 190 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 47.3 Splatting 123 83% 98.9 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 807GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1,847 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,239 334% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 44.1 188% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 660 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 227 266% 463 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 249GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,956 Write 1,341 Mixed 1,167 329% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 43.9 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 652 DQ Write 480 DQ Mixed 239 267% 457 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 185GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4453 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 733 (B1) Unknown 95 95 21 (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 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10039555757	82.2% Excellent	Read 487 Write 271 Mixed 277 76% 345 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 26.5 114% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 58.8 100% 199 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 114%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 18GB free Firmware: 505CUA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 5628544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -88218628245000 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2085 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 133 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 72 55839293464 (C2) HDA temperature 24 72 55839293464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5628544 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5628544 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5628544 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5566 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2826 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2826 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15239	79.9% Very good	Read 471 Write 254 Mixed 285 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 20.6 118% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 66.5 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 85%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 38686097884 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 28 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 184684838941 (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	108% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 185 Mixed 185 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.49 4K Mixed 0.59 188% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 177 7816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4065 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16222 (C2) HDA temperature 124 109 28 (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	52.1% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 92.9 Mixed 98.5 71% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 206GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 72 72 9280 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 12967 (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 96 96 18316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3666 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 82 64 303038482 (C2) HDA temperature 80 63 336592916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 169671 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.5% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 56 Mixed 65.4 47% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.25 63% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 76GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 190710048 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 636383 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13707 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1969 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BE) vendor-specific 72 56 7744297238556 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37319 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 -140737488355300 (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 -77244986817063 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7496325248 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3893699524	68% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.24 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 32GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 170 6333 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19219 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4624 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 191 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19219 (C2) HDA temperature 121 100 29 (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	27.1% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 56.8 Mixed 63.1 40% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.29 87% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 69%
PLATINUM My Drive 2.5" 1TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 215GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 83.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 35.9 81% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.35 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 48%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 707 User benchmarks, average bench 209% 138GB free, PID 61f5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 465 Mixed 473 605% 467 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 20.1 2,970% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 80.5 DQ Mixed 21.2 3,581% 44.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 379%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 11.9 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 164%

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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 $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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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