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

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMicro-Star MS-7A95
MotherboardMSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)  (all builds)
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170816
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 08 '17 at 22:04
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 19%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216
CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
74.4% Very good
Memory 77.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 192
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 732
66% 559 Pts
64-Core 1,030
64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 69%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 154
Parallax 126
119% 142 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 138
Splatting 110
98% 121 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200
477GB free
Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 475
Mixed 447
106% 474 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 33
142% 55.3 MB/s
DQ Read 110
DQ Write 327
DQ Mixed 49.5
87% 162 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 102%
Great: 107%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
390GB free
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
255% Outstanding
Read 2,278
Write 1,428
Mixed 1,461
381% 1,722 MB/s
4K Read 57.8
4K Write 137
4K Mixed 48
222% 81 MB/s
DQ Read 58
DQ Write 391
DQ Mixed 198
160% 216 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 255%
Great: 254%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250
216GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 1,929
Write 912
Mixed 1,155
293% 1,332 MB/s
4K Read 49.2
4K Write 160
4K Mixed 44.8
217% 84.7 MB/s
DQ Read 502
DQ Write 319
DQ Mixed 197
204% 339 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 216%
Great: 243%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218
201GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
63.9% Good
Read 484
Write 259
Mixed 338
80% 360 MB/s
4K Read 21.3
4K Write 87.4
4K Mixed 5.4
85% 38 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 114
DQ Mixed 5.8
34% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 63.9%
Great: 74%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
79.6% Very good
MC Read 22.8
MC Write 47.1
MC Mixed 23.6
89% 31.2 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 9.7
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 86.1
46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) Builds (Compare 430 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 98%
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Desktop
Desktop 87%
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Workstation
Workstation 92%
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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 74% - Very good Total price: $796
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