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

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	98.1% 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	138% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '19 at 20:50
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 739 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1700 MHz, MLim: 1100 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 195 96% 136 fps	MRender 93.1 Gravity 138 Splatting 133 101% 121 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 192 132 141 131 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 1,060 Write 722 Mixed 791 SusWrite 161 152% 683 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 55.3 204% 78.4 MB/s	DQ Read 834 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 283 266% 432 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 141%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 30GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 46 47 48 47 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 44 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 47 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 238GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 93 94 95 96 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 110 Write 99.8 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 94.6 67% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 6GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.5 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 3.3 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 6.3 10% 9.32 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 134% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2666, 2666 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 14.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 11.3 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 50%

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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 $92Bench 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: $793

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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