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

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	84.4% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 04:46
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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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 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 (93^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 82.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 259 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 964 88% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,445 89% 1,445 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
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 as expected (60^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,867 Mixed 1,933 436% 1,954 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 59 218% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 615 DQ Write 593 DQ Mixed 269 294% 492 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 353%
SanDisk X400 128GB-$37 920 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 92GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25788874989 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 36 154619871264 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 287766544451 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 522 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1009 (F1) Unknown 253 253 877 (F2) Unknown 253 253 828 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.6% Very good	Read 490 Write 215 Mixed 283 72% 329 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 60.1 4K Mixed 17.7 105% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 39.9 86% 181 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 498 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 408 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4176723759	84.4% Excellent	Read 508 Write 405 Mixed 415 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 22.4 125% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.1 DQ Write 84 DQ Mixed 20.7 27% 46.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 124%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 873GB free Firmware: SM36 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 119 99 203105600 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 561 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7541354 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5241 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	63.4% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 112 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 5.18 4K Mixed 0.66 196% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%
Innostor Innostor 64GB 258 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 59GB free, PID 0903 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 39.8 Write 39.8 Mixed 3.12 32% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.94 4K Write 0.06 4K Mixed 0.27 22% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 60%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 57 MC Mixed 29.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 11.1 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 115%

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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 $420Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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