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

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	137% 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	182% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 21:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 853 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 864 54% 864 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2818 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 200 Parallax 201 160% 199 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 187 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 2,188 Write 235 Mixed 1,614 294% 1,346 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 55.9 200% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 176 198% 338 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 210%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 11GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11874 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1362 (B1) Unknown 94 94 124 (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 68 44 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 279 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35245972544	112% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 417 Mixed 422 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 43.6 174% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 115 132% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 290GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12896960701 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5021 (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 99 99 9455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1059 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9020 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9020 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 184684314651 (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	86.4% Excellent	Read 188 Write 113 Mixed 162 117% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 148GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897026234 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2155 (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 6704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 834 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4006 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4006 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 188979216411 (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	98.6% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 158 Mixed 147 123% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 99% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 12,409 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 30.1 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 46.1 SC Mixed 33 94% 33 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

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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 $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	108x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	91x
Core i9-7900XIntel $420Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	133x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	45x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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