MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 09:14
Run Duration	246 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7920X-$250 5,430 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 70.7 1-Core 106 2-Core 236 74% 138 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 830 75% 633 Pts	64-Core 1,933 120% 1,933 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 84.3 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 76.2 69% 84.3 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 87.3 70% 84.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1042 1045 1076 741 634 557 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,513 Write 1280 Mixed 766 SusWrite 849 246% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 41.5 172% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,168 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 983 759% 1,039 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 353%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free Firmware: P1003B SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 370 80 214 357 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 412 Write 388 Mixed 296 SusWrite 240 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 69.2 4K Mixed 20.5 82% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 216 171% 235 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 105%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 51GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 405 430 409 415 346 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 421 Mixed 336 SusWrite 401 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 37.7 135% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 329 255% 349 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LE SSD 960GB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 108GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 408 415 270 272 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 445 Write 432 Mixed 354 SusWrite 349 89% 395 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 29.7 107% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 210 192% 294 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 122 Write 121 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 106 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 101%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 11.4 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 115%

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Typical X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) Builds (Compare 274 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 98%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

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 $420Bench 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 $90Bench 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 $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 $45	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