MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	233% 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 (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 00:32
Run Duration	336 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$815 4,560 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 85.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 292 95% 175 Pts	4-Core 588 8-Core 1,187 104% 887 Pts	64-Core 2,774 172% 2,774 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 3860) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3978 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 162 Parallax 162 137% 164 fps	MRender 211 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 123% 156 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 265 264 262 260 259 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,150 Write 1,459 Mixed 1313 SusWrite 319 291% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 68.8 267% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 1,099 DQ Mixed 989 757% 1,018 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 280%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 334 333 334 334 333 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 63.2 Write 51.1 Mixed 44.6 SusWrite 330 28% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 1.7 9% 4.33 MB/s	DQ Read 2.8 DQ Write 9.7 DQ Mixed 4.7 4% 5.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 565%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 79GB free Firmware: CXB7401Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 502 320 321 323 322 321 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,848 Write 1,319 Mixed 1,033 SusWrite 352 252% 1,138 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 197 4K Mixed 65.7 264% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,565 DQ Write 1,232 DQ Mixed 1,113 910% 1,303 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 236%
LSI MR9261-8i 478GB 344GB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 576 119 68 70 71 71 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

128GB 127GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 118GB free Firmware: O0821D SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 312 314 314 313 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 315 Mixed 293 SusWrite 313 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 37.8 133% 48.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 189 169% 255 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 107%
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 371GB free Firmware: RKT303.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1264 558 557 559 558 556 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,031 Write 567 Mixed 874 SusWrite 676 176% 787 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 65.1 277% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 505 DQ Write 1336 DQ Mixed 992 737% 944 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 277%
LSI MR9261-8i 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 358 366 367 366 368 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 57% Great: 137%
LSI MR9261-8i 4TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 49 49 50 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

LSI MR9261-8i 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2.13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 220 229 229 227 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 57% Great: 137%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 41GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 136 Mixed 43.5 80% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 2.7 147% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 39%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 7.9 6.8 6.9 6.7 7 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 35 Write 10.7 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 7.2 16% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.3 211% 3.47 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 18%

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 @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	MC Read 52.6 MC Write 74.1 MC Mixed 51 169% 59.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 11.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 140%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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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 $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,275Bench 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 $90Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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