MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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, 4 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '19 at 03:07
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 77 1-Core 128 2-Core 214 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 900 81% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,384 86% 1,384 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 178 Parallax 144 130% 161 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 142 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 9GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 462 Mixed 388 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 60 203% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 357 269% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 30 25 40 27 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 19 Write 39.5 Mixed 20 SusWrite 26.7 19% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 51%
Seagate Desktop HDD 6TB (2015)-$103 691 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8GB free Firmware: CC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 33 46 103 60 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 8.5 Write 47.8 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 56.7 25% 33.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.8% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 13.5 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 9.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	54x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	24x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	22x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	19x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	69x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	29x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	27x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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