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

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	233% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180124
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '18 at 03:34
Run Duration	355 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 80.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 255 84% 154 Pts	4-Core 489 8-Core 836 80% 663 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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 (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 77 Parallax 74.3 64% 76.5 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 72 Splatting 73.3 60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% 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% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,877 Write 1,381 Mixed 1,173 327% 1,477 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.1 171% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 555 DQ Write 440 DQ Mixed 218 239% 404 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,016 Write 1,272 Mixed 1,250 334% 1,513 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 27 163% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.7 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 225 184% 247 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 217% 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 (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38694617700 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 114 114 37 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1638 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2533 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2533 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159282209 (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	72.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 127 Mixed 107 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.21 96% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.3% 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 way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 125 125 25810043503 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3423 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 33835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3408 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3775 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3775 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 236223987751 (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	45.3% Average	Read 88.6 Write 69.2 Mixed 88.7 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 45.3% 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 (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 123 123 42990764656 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1044 (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 16440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1032 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1678 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1678 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 223339216928 (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	68.3% Good	Read 118 Write 120 Mixed 101 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.21 104% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.3% 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 (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 162 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3347 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3329 (C0) Power-off retract count 197 197 2793 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 142 142 175360 (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	43.6% Average	Read 60.2 Write 92 Mixed 85.5 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.17 43% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 67%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 792GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8590 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5007 (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 45331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3880 (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 75 58 437780505 (C2) HDA temperature 74 56 437452826 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 393471 (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	57.5% Above average	Read 106 Write 94.8 Mixed 120 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.41 97% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 58%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 64GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 2097161 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25790251310 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4595 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 37 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4380 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5593 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 227634118685 (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	49.2% Average	Read 92.6 Write 79 Mixed 86.2 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.35 74% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 74%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 168 Write 168 Mixed 136 200% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.62 93% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 98%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 449GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 97.7 140% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 94% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 103%
WDC WD50 00AAKX-001CA0 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 70GB free, PID 0539 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.2% Very poor	Read 35 Write 36.2 Mixed 20 38% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.2% 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 @ 2666 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 59.6 MC Mixed 30.4 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 12.1 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.1% 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	90x
Core i9-7900XIntel $455Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	61x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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	44x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	40x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $791

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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