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

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	41.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '18 at 19:13
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 (86^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 78.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 201 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 847 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,336 83% 1,336 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1610 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.7% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 55 Parallax 44.7 39% 49.1 fps	MRender 68.1 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 57.7 47% 57.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5294 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1713 (B1) Unknown 98 98 69 (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 63 48 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20897286654	108% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 472 Mixed 500 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 82.5 4K Mixed 38.4 138% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 163 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 101GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2209 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 744 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4567192615	97.2% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 410 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 33.8 123% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 123 147% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 93GB 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 2208 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 747 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 69 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16413510652	96.1% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 403 Mixed 405 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 36 120% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 125 148% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 768 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12990578071 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4296 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295491682 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 58 13440188449 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4376 (C2) HDA temperature 33 42 -140737488355295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 11 768 (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 107159434047528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2718438190 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1813498980	41.4% Average	Read 65.6 Write 78.6 Mixed 74.8 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.64 108% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 75%

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 (97^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 24.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10.3 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 61%

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Desktop 87%

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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 $462Bench 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 $76Bench 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