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

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	253% 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 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, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '19 at 06:44
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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-$654 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 145 2-Core 294 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 1159 97% 840 Pts	64-Core 2,812 174% 2,812 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 116 97% 120 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 106 Splatting 109 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1179 366 304 304 305 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,273 Write 1,463 Mixed 996 SusWrite 461 287% 1,298 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 69.5 282% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 1,267 DQ Mixed 990 778% 1,062 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 3TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 391 393 395 392 389 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 396 Write 180 Mixed 56 SusWrite 387 57% 255 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 2 10% 4.53 MB/s	DQ Read 4 DQ Write 9.6 DQ Mixed 5.6 5% 6.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 565%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 253GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 185GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 614 606 513 571 597 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 947 Write 606 Mixed 443 SusWrite 560 142% 639 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.8 145% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 146 163% 265 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 141%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 220GB free Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 308 307 308 309 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,840 Write 1,053 Mixed 836 SusWrite 339 224% 1,017 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 71 272% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 1,167 DQ Mixed 607 579% 896 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 236%
LSI MR9261-8i 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 724GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 191 185 182 184 188 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 57% Great: 137%
LSI MR9261-8i 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 332 280 346 378 379 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 57% Great: 137%
LSI MR9261-8i 499GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 447GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 82 81 81 82 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 12% Great: 39%

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 @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 45.1 MC Write 69.5 MC Mixed 45.4 152% 53.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 13 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 132% 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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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