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

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	205% 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	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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	38.3 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191211
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 07 '24 at 15:54
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9940X-$790 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPU0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 72.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 86% 161 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 1,086 96% 815 Pts	64-Core 2,376 147% 2,376 Pts
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$283 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 8865) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 552.22 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 129 Parallax 124 113% 130 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 96.7 91% 113 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TB 20,671 User benchmarks, average bench 285% 664GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 982 631 661 650 665 656 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,766 Write 904 Mixed 1,122 SusWrite 708 250% 1,125 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 62.8 191% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 690 520% 699 MB/s
Poor: 202% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 349%
Samsung 870 QVO 1TB-$74 80,665 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 168GB free Firmware: SVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 469 362 81 419 137 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 444 Write 83 Mixed 171 SusWrite 324 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 38 130% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 657GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 137 138 138 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 152 Mixed 105 SusWrite 137 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 48GB 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71.1% Very good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 35.5 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 10.9 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 97.2 41% 97.2 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	69	57	60	23"	1280 720	HWP331E HP 23es

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Typical X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) Builds (Compare 435 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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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	109x
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 $91Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	15x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	134x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	46x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	40x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $782

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16