MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	292% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 80.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 229 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 692 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 1,272 79% 1,272 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% 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 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 204 Parallax 192 139% 189 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 175 Splatting 131 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% 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% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,149 Write 1,797 Mixed 1,756 423% 1,901 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 70.2 250% 91.6 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 216 223% 366 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 353%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$31 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 160GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 92 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5111865 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 42 180390068258 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47245295627 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 300 (EA) Unknown 100 100 347 (F1) Unknown 253 253 342 (F2) Unknown 253 253 101 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.8% Excellent	Read 501 Write 351 Mixed 342 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 22.9 97% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 48.9 102% 212 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 105%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 129 129 42983358968 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (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 100 100 110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 45 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 54 (C2) HDA temperature 133 133 201864839213 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 174 Mixed 165 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 3.69 4K Mixed 0.6 173% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 200678397 (03) Spinup time 85 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87858949 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 120460947751820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 327 (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 57 52 739770411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1725 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8796 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 73014444075 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 2 200678397 (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 98092758073832 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17772517024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6279672370	91.9% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 126 Mixed 123 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.75 4K Mixed 0.27 122% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 227695480 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 81 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 398185 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3178324296420 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 622264356 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 318 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 73014444068 (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 41966125449309 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6874985465 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1266598523	106% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 169 Mixed 172 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 26.7 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 11 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 115%

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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 $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,375Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $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