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

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 146% UFO


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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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	350% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	36.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190710
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	356 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	7%

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 i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 86% 158 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1,041 92% 782 Pts	64-Core 2,482 154% 2,482 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 200 Parallax 180 150% 188 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 185 Splatting 128 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1891 1778 1798 1910 1898 1782 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2460 Write 2,022 Mixed 1,448 SusWrite 1,843 436% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 56.6 4K Write 182 4K Mixed 82.3 288% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,218 DQ Write 1,038 DQ Mixed 1,116 839% 1,124 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 393%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1415 1456 1468 1466 1456 1491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	269% Outstanding	Read 1,482 Write 1,568 Mixed 1,030 SusWrite 1,459 312% 1,385 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 76.8 267% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 927 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 322 387% 679 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 269% Great: 282%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 221GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 306 238 242 257 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 1,126 Write 556 Mixed 257 SusWrite 273 121% 553 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 31.4 131% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 543 DQ Mixed 154 204% 362 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 291%
Crucial MX200 1TB-$270 3,707 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 322GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 383 393 405 405 410 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 385 Write 461 Mixed 301 SusWrite 400 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 41.4 155% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 133 140% 226 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 104%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 793GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 87 85 81 84 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 66.3 Write 89.7 Mixed 66 SusWrite 84.4 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 39 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 34.5 Write 37 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 39.2 27% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 3TB-$79 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 138 145 144 145 143 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 176 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 143 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 357GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 103 103 104 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 137 Write 122 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 103 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 83%
Apacer Portable HDD 4TB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free, PID c004 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 113 114 113 113 113 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 132 Write 112 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 113 145% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.8 279% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 44.4 MC Write 63.4 MC Mixed 44.6 145% 50.8 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 10.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 140%

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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 $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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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

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 $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