MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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	124% 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	293% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170926
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 16:06
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 79.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 217 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 852 82% 676 Pts	64-Core 1568 97% 1568 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 203 Parallax 178 137% 183 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 168 Splatting 129 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	293% Outstanding	Read 1,917 Write 1,879 Mixed 1,615 402% 1,804 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 72.1 248% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 576 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 262 274% 450 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 353%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 233GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3604524 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 44 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 206 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 42 180390133792 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 228 (EA) Unknown 100 100 267 (F1) Unknown 253 253 263 (F2) Unknown 253 253 23 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	93.2% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 353 Mixed 345 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 23.8 132% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 46.7 101% 210 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 105%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 163 163 42973135295 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 37 (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 41 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 37 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864839203 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 189 Mixed 179 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.52 4K Mixed 0.37 163% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 124915909 (03) Spinup time 86 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 766 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 71909346 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19572165968710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 317 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 706871330 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1715 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8657 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 12 2 124915909 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102855876804181 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17657811712 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6074198003
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 68244808 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 114329 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 43 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3178324296420 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 605945886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 150 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 118137370443810 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6656849184 (F2) Unknown 100 253 733674485	100% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 165 Mixed 180 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 48.7 MC Mixed 26.9 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 10.7 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 81.3 49% 81.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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