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

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	207% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 11:28
Run Duration	712 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$455 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 85.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 88% 160 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 1,044 92% 784 Pts	64-Core 1789 111% 1789 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 209 Parallax 181 148% 191 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 381GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 219591072	97.6% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 412 Mixed 420 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 40.2 147% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 118 101% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 373GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 57 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 235281028	96.8% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 76.1 4K Mixed 24.8 129% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 122 140% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 279GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 102 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 40 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 64 46 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 500180721	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 413 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 78.8 4K Mixed 42.5 152% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 129 146% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,760 Write 1,192 Mixed 1,179 305% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 29.2 139% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 565 DQ Write 429 DQ Mixed 196 229% 397 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 38 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 896788323	98.5% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 418 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 41.5 150% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 121 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 134%
Lacie 4Big Quadra v3 9TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5.5TB free Firmware: 051E Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 162 Write 102 Mixed 88.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.07 4K Mixed 0.06 13% 0.08 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 118%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 180GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Read 63.7 Write 63.4 Mixed 52.3 76% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.15 65% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 49%
SanDisk SD SDDR-189 64GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2GB free, PID b7bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 19.1 Mixed 18.2 24% 18.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.05 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.05 3% 0.04 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 19%
CBM Flash Disk 1GB 85 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 2092 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.18% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 2.02 Mixed 3.45 6% 6.76 MB/s	4K Read 6.39 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 26% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.18% Great: 7%

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 @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 59.8 MC Mixed 31.4 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 11 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%

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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 $455Bench 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