MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 166 2-Core 326 108% 197 Pts	4-Core 582 8-Core 862 90% 722 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 950GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	364% Outstanding	Read 3,056 Write 1,837 Mixed 2,143 519% 2,346 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 80.2 308% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 825 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 345 384% 649 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 364% Great: 331%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1118 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1039 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 884 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6987440242	101% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 409 Mixed 408 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 30.1 174% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 30 39% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 202 202 21495152981 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1052 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 499 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 674 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1055 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1055 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 210454839333 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	113% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 194 Mixed 184 145% 193 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 4.57 4K Mixed 0.41 174% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%
Samsung Flash Drive FIT 128GB 3,370 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 120GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 144 Write 111 Mixed 107 148% 121 MB/s	4K Read 4.49 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 1.07 105% 2.36 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 52 MC Mixed 35.2 128% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 55.2 SC Mixed 38.6 115% 40.1 GB/s	Latency 42.1 95% 42.1 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 123%

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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 $1,148Bench 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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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