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

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


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 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 12:36
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	30%

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 i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 253 81% 150 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 980 88% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,355 84% 1,355 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.9 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 61.4 55% 65.7 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 54.5 50% 62.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8830 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1278 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35853800144	77.6% Very good	Read 499 Write 396 Mixed 413 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 21.4 94% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 18.8 43% 82.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 182884332 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 5938292 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -53824530152401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 166 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 150 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1819 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 83 64 182884332 (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 -42399917145421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6818429283 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2330163702
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$22 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 59GB free Firmware: SD24 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 132447485 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 456295508 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17229 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2550 (B8) Unknown 83 83 17 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 43 21929066523 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 384 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 176348 (C2) HDA temperature 27 57 30064771099 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 36 132447485 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 83.8 Write 77.4 Mixed 68.3 57% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 58%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 45.6 MC Mixed 25.5 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 10.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 91.3 44% 91.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 115%

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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	109x
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	134x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16