MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	123% 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	266% 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '19 at 11:24
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9800X-$545 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 74 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 80% 145 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 766 72% 599 Pts	64-Core 1,247 77% 1,247 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 189 Parallax 186 123% 175 fps	MRender 222 Gravity 186 Splatting 125 140% 178 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 174%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1051 1007 1116 1139 1145 1156 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 2,029 Mixed 1,455 SusWrite 1,102 364% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 72.7 243% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,147 DQ Write 983 DQ Mixed 1,072 802% 1,067 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 372%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	77.9% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 23.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 9.8 36% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 115%

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

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Typical X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) Builds (Compare 274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 92%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	68x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	29x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	27x

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Total price: $744

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 $179	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