MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	264% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '22 at 13:35
Run Duration	322 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900X 6,322 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 82.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 1,086 96% 815 Pts	64-Core 1,879 116% 1,879 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3772) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 87% 108 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 790GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1396 1207 1196 1218 1237 1215 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,000 Write 1,703 Mixed 729 SusWrite 1,245 317% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 232 4K Mixed 59.8 264% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 1,143 DQ Mixed 205 288% 496 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 514GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1001 1003 1003 1002 1003 1003 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 948 Write 1,076 Mixed 690 SusWrite 1,002 210% 929 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 18.8 65% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 848 DQ Write 1,232 DQ Mixed 19.3 300% 700 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 302%
Nvme Samsung SSD 970 2TB 10,220 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 943GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2461 2465 2459 1707 1471 1477 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	397% Outstanding	Read 2,539 Write 2,465 Mixed 1,918 SusWrite 2,007 502% 2,232 MB/s	4K Read 73.1 4K Write 259 4K Mixed 107 385% 146 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 1,230 DQ Mixed 1,124 869% 1,183 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 397% Great: 431%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 122 120 122 123 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 124 Write 103 Mixed 76 SusWrite 121 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 157 157 146 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 31.8 Write 121 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 154 73% 98.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1 371% 3.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 90%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016)-$170 104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 167 167 166 167 167 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 102%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1TB free, PID ab30 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 102 103 102 102 101 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 47.8 Write 86.5 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 101 104% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.5 187% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 2x16GB 10,048 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.5% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 17.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 11.2 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 109%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	55x
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 $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	24x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	22x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $955

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16