MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 136% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	157% 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	104% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	19.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '17 at 13:17
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$462 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.1 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 1,114 99% 838 Pts	64-Core 640 40% 640 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 92%

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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Lighting 245 Reflection 207 Parallax 184 200% 212 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 157% 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: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,334 Write 1,786 Mixed 1,987 453% 2,036 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 60.4 192% 69.8 MB/s	DQ Read 745 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 318 339% 564 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 331%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 427 Write 173 Mixed 232 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.85 42% 9.67 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q 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 99 99 247 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 369 (B1) Unknown 99 99 10 (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 46 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 290 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5006390386	104% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 497 Mixed 507 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 35.9 122% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 157 167% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
Asmt 2105 500GB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 260GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 429 Write 434 Mixed 431 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 44.1 4K Mixed 32.2 108% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 93.7 75% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 80%
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 (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 151 151 38680134114 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (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 100 100 384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 686 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 210454839337 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 191 Mixed 184 143% 190 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 3.81 4K Mixed 0.36 152% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 20.1 80% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 11.2 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 73%

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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 $1,280Bench 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 $95Bench 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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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