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

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	293% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 127 2-Core 254 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 867 81% 673 Pts	64-Core 1355 84% 1355 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 174 Parallax 208 160% 193 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 186 Splatting 122 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 767GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 2,298 Write 2,396 Mixed 2,186 513% 2,293 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 38.5 136% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 149 152% 246 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 291%
Micron C400 RealSSD 128GB 11,312 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 113GB free Firmware: 0809 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 876 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4011 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 183 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12287936694547 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 82 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 433 Write 188 Mixed 262 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 8.67 89% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 95.8 DQ Mixed 13.7 38% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP16 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112295960 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7126 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55550469 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3913 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1844285224 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 70 59 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 238 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110758 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 47244640286 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.3% Excellent	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 137 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 114%
Verbatim Store n Go V3 USB 3.0 64GB-$8 1,208 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 41GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 69.3 Write 14.7 Mixed 21.1 34% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.22 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.37 50% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 38%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 68.2 MC Mixed 32.9 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 11.6 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 $455Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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