MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	80.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.7% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (88%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	88%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9800X-$545 4,003 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 55.3 1-Core 34.6 2-Core 75.7 35% 55.2 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 240 23% 190 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37B1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3535 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 166 64% 113 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 148 Splatting 108 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 134 134 134 135 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 673 Write 270 Mixed 118 SusWrite 144 66% 301 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 37.9 105% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 202 165% 239 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 165%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 198 193 198 198 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 169 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 197 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 167 168 167 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 158 Mixed 93 SusWrite 166 110% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 9.6 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 4 14% 4.97 GB/s	Latency 142 28% 142 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 97%

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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 $462Bench 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 $76Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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