MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	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	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	26.8 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 08 '17 at 18:49
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-7820X-$375 28,524 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 77.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 984 89% 747 Pts	64-Core 1412 87% 1412 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 155 Parallax 135 118% 145 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% 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 (100^th percentile)	273% Outstanding	Read 2,203 Write 1,440 Mixed 1,401 372% 1,681 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 41.6 241% 94 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 496 DQ Mixed 274 296% 498 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 273% Great: 254%
Adata XPG SX930 240GB-$80 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 6.3SE Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 1233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1002 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 5636116 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 190 190 4304207920 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4010 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C2) HDA temperature 68 68 137440985120 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 50558358016 (EA) Unknown 100 100 117563823936 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19880789650 (F2) Unknown 100 100 24158849061	101% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 416 Mixed 447 102% 457 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 34.1 150% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 38.6 83% 170 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% 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 (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 102 (03) Spinup time 194 194 25794118006 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7095 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 40 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9988 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4451 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7102 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 283468628000 (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	54.1% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 97.1 Mixed 12.9 48% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.43 103% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% 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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 44.5 MC Mixed 24.4 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 10.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 85.4 47% 85.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 115%

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Gaming 101%

UFO

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 101%

UFO

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