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

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170602
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 06:21
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 83% 153 Pts	4-Core 510 8-Core 846 83% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,045 65% 1,045 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 77.2 Parallax 67 64% 74.2 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 72.2 Splatting 74.2 60% 72.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 403GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,412 Mixed 1,253 340% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 26.8 176% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 190 217% 371 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,242 Mixed 1,277 331% 1,496 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 41.2 196% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 522 DQ Write 501 DQ Mixed 238 254% 420 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 236%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 133 133 51576177239 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1625 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1622 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2505 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 206159282205 (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 1	69.2% Good	Read 114 Write 127 Mixed 152 100% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 91%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB-$63 6,344 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 136 136 51576832564 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3394 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 133 133 27 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3392 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3746 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3746 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 236223987746 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 86.3 Mixed 64.3 67% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 87%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 135 135 42987291194 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1018 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16405 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1016 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1652 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 223339216927 (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	66.8% Good	Read 111 Write 121 Mixed 99.3 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 802GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 165 162 6725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3320 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33996 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3313 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2786 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 174995 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	40.9% Average	Read 65.9 Write 76.7 Mixed 78.8 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.18 41% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 793GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9790 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4982 (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 91 91 45309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3866 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 89 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 58 370278422 (C2) HDA temperature 76 56 403832856 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 337536 (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 253 253 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	54.6% Above average	Read 87.5 Write 103 Mixed 108 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 67GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25788612921 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40726 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4364 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5568 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 227634118683 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	61.6% Good	Read 123 Write 91.8 Mixed 78.6 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 74%
WDC WD50 00AAKX-001CA0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 70GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	35.5% Below average	Read 74.4 Write 90.6 Mixed 72.6 104% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.26 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 10 36% 12.6 GB/s	Latency 88 45% 88 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 140%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16