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

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	243% 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 (15%). 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 23:34
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$281 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 165 2-Core 327 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 888 88% 720 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% 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: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2870 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 192 Reflection 199 Parallax 183 157% 191 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 187 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% 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% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,321 Write 1,251 Mixed 1,462 370% 1,678 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 45.1 174% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 137 188% 346 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 243% 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 (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11888 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1469 (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 71 44 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 279 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35254765488	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 418 Mixed 422 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 43.1 174% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 107 131% 232 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 290GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896764087 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5070 (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 9469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1108 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9210 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9210 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 184684314652 (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	74.2% Very good	Read 164 Write 94.6 Mixed 151 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 107%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$67 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 148GB free Firmware: MS2OA8J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829623 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2217 (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 6718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 883 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4089 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 188979216412 (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	88.8% Excellent	Read 164 Write 146 Mixed 145 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% 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 @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 27.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.3 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 112%

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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 $462Bench 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: $795

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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