MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	12.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	387% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	60.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '21 at 22:33
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10920X-$850 3,007 User benchmarks, average bench 87% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 86.8 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 101% 187 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 1263 111% 945 Pts	64-Core 2,114 131% 2,114 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2853 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.40 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	12.1% Very poor	Lighting 2.7 Reflection 3 Parallax 0.9 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 3.7 31% 45.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 863GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2675 2171 1453 1497 1520 1517 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 2,728 Write 2,704 Mixed 2,017 SusWrite 1,806 520% 2,314 MB/s	4K Read 73.6 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 107 364% 133 MB/s	DQ Read 1,376 DQ Write 1,088 DQ Mixed 1,229 920% 1,231 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 410%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1873 1922 1922 1916 1922 1926 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	349% Outstanding	Read 2,257 Write 1,907 Mixed 994 SusWrite 1,914 396% 1,768 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 78.1 282% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,319 DQ Write 1,167 DQ Mixed 1,162 893% 1,216 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 349% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 47.5 MC Write 74.2 MC Mixed 46.8 160% 56.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 13.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 142%

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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 $785Bench 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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16