MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	254% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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 (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 23:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 128 2-Core 254 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 958 88% 734 Pts	64-Core 1,635 101% 1,635 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3661) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2780 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 195 Parallax 192 150% 190 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 176 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 1,777 Write 1,724 Mixed 1,594 379% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 54.9 179% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 600 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 208 232% 398 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 353%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 176 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 13 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 20 (C2) HDA temperature 110 104 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	87.4% Excellent	Read 177 Write 128 Mixed 141 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 105 101 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	81% Excellent	Read 148 Write 134 Mixed 131 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 443GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 7916 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8640 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3659 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3654 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 7 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 43 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 97.9 Mixed 92.3 74% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.33 111% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905678-023.A00G 4x8GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	82.4% Excellent	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 44.7 MC Mixed 25.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 10.4 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 95%

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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 $203Bench 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 $1,306Bench 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 $76Bench 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