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

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	276% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 04:47
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 (82^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 85.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 829 77% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,200 74% 1,200 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 113 101% 124 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 141 Splatting 115 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 266GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,157 Write 1,711 Mixed 1,764 418% 1,878 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 47 216% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 501 DQ Write 450 DQ Mixed 208 229% 386 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 199GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1249 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 979 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 140 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5514454105	110% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 417 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 41.8 164% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 115 141% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 931GB free Firmware: A5M0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 708 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3711 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 176094707740 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	55% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 96.3 Mixed 96.4 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.15 55% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 57%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 897GB free Firmware: SM36 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 228875160 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1120 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7811596 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1127 (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 58 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5982 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 77309411358 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 111 Mixed 107 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 5.19 4K Mixed 0.43 159% 2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 17.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.7 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 97%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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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 $420Bench 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 $90Bench 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: $791

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