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

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 01:47
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 81.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 840 82% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.1% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 104 Parallax 103 80% 102 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 87 Splatting 78.8 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3005 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 902 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 258 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9181829338	81.8% Excellent	Read 508 Write 411 Mixed 422 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 27.2 102% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 16.4 43% 84.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 124%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 5TB free Firmware: SN02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 121366869 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9467 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22253190 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 80 597009563787 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 17701404703 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1941 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20552 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 42 121366869 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 202 Mixed 171 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 3.19 4K Mixed 0.41 156% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 119%
LSI MegaRAID 8704ELP 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 3TB free Firmware: 1.40 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.2% Excellent	Read 238 Write 41.9 Mixed 58.2 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.51 145% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: SD17 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180406718 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10544 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 100 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130819036 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23164 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4718 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1206904422717 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 110 (BE) vendor-specific 66 29 8972758482978 (C2) HDA temperature 34 71 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 22 180406718 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 72.4 71% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.29 80% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 70%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 393GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 98 1 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6400 (04) Start/Stop count 85 85 15823 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13702 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5125 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 152981 (BB) vendor-specific 86 86 1441807 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (BE) vendor-specific 72 43 28 (C2) HDA temperature 151 67 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 152981 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 355	46.5% Average	Read 77.5 Write 84.4 Mixed 75.9 60% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 44%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 217GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48441944 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6025 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 81656639545 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 39 2148021895200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 674 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 79443 (C2) HDA temperature 32 61 42949672992 (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 -32968168959073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29772828029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38127250717	73.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 121 Mixed 156 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 100GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 155650638 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1298533 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1423 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65568 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 43 21962686493 (C2) HDA temperature 29 57 30064771101 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 24 24 155650638 (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 60481729469679 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1990788705 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2766537426	55.3% Above average	Read 109 Write 83.5 Mixed 79.2 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.25 73% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 56.7 MC Mixed 30 108% 37.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 11.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 115%

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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 $462Bench 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 $76Bench 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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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