MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 97.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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 Drive	94.6% 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	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

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Memory 90.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 1,030 95% 795 Pts	64-Core 1,557 96% 1,557 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 156 Parallax 136 118% 146 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 140 Splatting 113 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 310GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,355 Write 1,392 Mixed 1,359 375% 1,702 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 33.5 219% 89 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 185 244% 445 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 254%
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 5636116 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 4304207921 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4010 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 69 69 133145952287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50371553792 (EA) Unknown 100 100 116606427584 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19774327441 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23929070756	94.6% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 403 Mixed 419 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 32.9 139% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 18 56% 123 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 113%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 957GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 65543 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 185 185 25796542838 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9982 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4419 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7068 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7068 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 283468628001 (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	54.9% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 98 Mixed 56 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 34.2 MC Write 68.2 MC Mixed 33.5 129% 45.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 11.4 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 115%

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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 $96Bench 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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16