MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	39.7 GB free of 48 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '23 at 19:51
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 250 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 678 63% 526 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 100 Reflection 119 Parallax 105 82% 108 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 101 Splatting 91.4 79% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2401 Write 1,111 Mixed 1543 371% 1,685 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 65.3 215% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 953 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 915 657% 849 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 119GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 90 90 90 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 90 Mixed 54.4 SusWrite 89.1 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 165 172 170 170 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 163 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.8 246% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-16GTZRX 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 04CD F4-3200C16-16GTZRX 04CD F4-3200C16-8GTZR 48GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 33.1 106% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 40.8 SC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 99%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $206Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	110x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	92x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	63x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	46x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $100Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	135x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	41x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $791

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 $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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