MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% 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	271% 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 10 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

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '22 at 06:26
Run Duration	321 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 89% 163 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 1,063 95% 802 Pts	64-Core 1,854 115% 1,854 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 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 (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 87% 108 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 104 Splatting 101 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% 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: 1417 1260 1258 1257 1253 1217 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 1,896 Write 1,711 Mixed 756 SusWrite 1277 315% 1,410 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 215 4K Mixed 73.4 273% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 417 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 423 415% 637 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 302%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 512GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 1153 1151 1159 1153 1156 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,667 Write 1477 Mixed 772 SusWrite 1,178 285% 1,274 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 45.8 188% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 940 DQ Write 1,148 DQ Mixed 802 672% 964 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 242% 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 2461 2468 1709 1621 1072 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	368% Outstanding	Read 1799 Write 1,679 Mixed 1,753 SusWrite 1,965 406% 1,799 MB/s	4K Read 73 4K Write 263 4K Mixed 108 388% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 1,402 DQ Write 1,141 DQ Mixed 1,273 953% 1,272 MB/s
Poor: 221% ↑ This bench: 368% Great: 431%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 121 123 122 119 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 125 Write 106 Mixed 74 SusWrite 121 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$79 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 154 159 159 161 161 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 39% Great: 90%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016)-$170 104 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2TB free Firmware: AV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 164 166 166 168 166 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: 96 102 103 102 101 102 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 47.8 Write 82.5 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 101 102% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.5 173% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 43% 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 @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64% Good	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 19.3 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 11.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 75.4 53% 75.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 109%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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 $206Bench 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 $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 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: $959

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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