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

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180731
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '18 at 12:57
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i9-7940X-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 87.2 1-Core 91 2-Core 243 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 958 81% 699 Pts	64-Core 2248 139% 2248 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Z (SLI Disabled) 571 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1078) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.8% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 75.8 72% 74.5 fps	MRender 66.6 Gravity 57.8 Splatting 44.3 45% 56.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 169 172 175 184 190 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 433 Write 234 Mixed 282 SusWrite 179 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 43.2 152% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 80.2 72% 103 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 94%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 551GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1979 1634 1376 1033 1098 1136 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	289% Outstanding	Read 2,364 Write 2,153 Mixed 1,640 SusWrite 1376 422% 1,883 MB/s	4K Read 60.8 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 56.7 246% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 828 DQ Mixed 715 570% 794 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 289% Great: 372%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 504GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 122 115 125 127 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 135 Mixed 97.8 SusWrite 126 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 100%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 59 MC Mixed 37.8 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 10.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 116% 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	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