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

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	128% 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	87.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 14:56
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$240 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 143 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 795 82% 661 Pts	64-Core 796 49% 796 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 178 Reflection 199 Parallax 190 145% 189 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 177 Splatting 128 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 302GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2848 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11 (AE) Unknown 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 43 244813987881 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6198289502 (F7) Unknown 100 100 193878161 (F8) Unknown 100 100 101338950 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1954 (D2) Unknown 100 100 20	81.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 25.4 117% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 40.8 57% 98.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14627 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1820 (B1) Unknown 88 88 137 (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 60 44 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 99421 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 48592109869	87.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 350 Mixed 354 89% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 22.1 134% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.9 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 22 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 118%
WD WD10JUCT-63J6SY0 1TB 3,317 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 901GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 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 182 176 1875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2041 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2029 (C2) HDA temperature 113 95 34 (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	62.3% Good	Read 105 Write 112 Mixed 97.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.9% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 23.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 110%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $150Bench 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: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16