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

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	113% 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	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 20:47
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7800X-$216 22,334 User benchmarks, average bench 78% CPU0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 247 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 595 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 733 45% 733 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 176 Parallax 187 119% 170 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 171 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 233 235 222 217 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Read 387 Write 246 Mixed 297 SusWrite 227 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 46.3 162% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 306 231% 312 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 124%
LSI MegaRAID 8704ELP 3TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 24 24 22 23 22 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.4% Excellent	Read 279 Write 17.1 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 22.7 65% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 172GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 169 169 170 168 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 169 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 464GB free Firmware: CR100-12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 81 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 79.2 Write 90 Mixed 52 SusWrite 81.7 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 44%
Seagate ST31000528AS 1.5TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free Firmware: SD17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 108 109 109 109 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 113 Write 111 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 109 71% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 100GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 68 SusWrite 98.4 70% 95.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 171% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 4.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 200 201 201 198 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 207 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 200 130% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 56.2 MC Mixed 29.6 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 11.1 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.8% 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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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