MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 199% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	158% 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	109% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

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	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 17:34
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7980XE-$1,511 4,653 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPU0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 1,066 95% 801 Pts	64-Core 3,330 206% 3,330 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Lighting 246 Reflection 202 Parallax 197 200% 215 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 954GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,486 Write 1,776 Mixed 2,065 469% 2,109 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 66.7 217% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 603 DQ Mixed 305 320% 528 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 331%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 728 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 384 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 367 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3236624772	109% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 424 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 40.6 165% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 124 144% 250 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 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 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 247 100 6608 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 765 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4055 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 585 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 570 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 196 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0
Poor: 61% Great: 118%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 214 214 21493514569 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2819 (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 1886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1175 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2826 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2826 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 219044773927 (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	111% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 187 Mixed 182 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 4.28 4K Mixed 0.49 176% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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 @ 3600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	MC Read 58.6 MC Write 75.6 MC Mixed 49.3 175% 61.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 12 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 115%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 92%

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

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	68x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	29x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	27x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16