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

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 194% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% 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	289% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	111.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 00:24
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$1,149 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 77.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 1,052 94% 792 Pts	64-Core 3,215 199% 3,215 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 228 Reflection 234 Parallax 228 186% 230 fps	MRender 262 Gravity 221 Splatting 140 163% 208 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 524GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1245 1128 1117 1110 1120 1116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,111 Write 1,727 Mixed 726 SusWrite 1,139 318% 1,426 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 198 4K Mixed 71.8 272% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,227 DQ Write 1,094 DQ Mixed 950 770% 1,090 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 302%
Asmt ASM1352R-Volume 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 394 395 393 395 396 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.1% Very good	Read 404 Write 401 Mixed 369 SusWrite 394 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 29 92% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 160 120% 158 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 76%
Sandisk S31024G 1TB 10,952 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 527GB free Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 465 468 468 467 465 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 472 Mixed 343 SusWrite 466 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 32 120% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 247 212% 314 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 121%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 16TB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 172% 13.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 549 588 566 195 50 53 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 419 Mixed 89.2 SusWrite 333 241% 334 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 1.2 338% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 285%
H/W RAID 0 (Striping) 12TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 177 175 121 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 182 Write 150 Mixed 110 SusWrite 132 187% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.3 40% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 51.9 MC Mixed 33.5 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 9.5 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 142%

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Typical X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) Builds (Compare 431 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $150Bench 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: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16