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

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	108% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181130
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '20 at 00:27
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7740X-$130 5,094 User benchmarks, average bench 87% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 81.8 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 90% 166 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 643 71% 558 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 114 Parallax 106 86% 109 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 101 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 394 327 338 337 332 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 474 Mixed 395 SusWrite 351 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 54 191% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.5 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 63 87% 150 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$67 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 26GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 283 127 117 118 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 489 Write 423 Mixed 220 SusWrite 183 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.6 148% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 193 168% 244 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 117%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 981GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 142 144 145 141 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 163 Mixed 81 SusWrite 143 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 20.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 17.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 120%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $420Bench 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: $796

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	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