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

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.04% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	199% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 16:28
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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-$189 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 280 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 514 8-Core 792 81% 653 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 376D) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.04% Terrible	Lighting 8.83 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 9.19 7% 8.64 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.04% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB 26,501 User benchmarks, average bench 162% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 264 258 265 255 258 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,187 Write 1,135 Mixed 1037 SusWrite 262 203% 906 MB/s	4K Read 57.6 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 82.7 304% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 1,126 DQ Mixed 854 673% 918 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 223%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 351GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 450 429 381 380 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 441 Mixed 417 SusWrite 412 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67.4 229% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 129%
Teclast 240GB A800 240GB 189 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 190GB free Firmware: 7A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 418 419 419 418 422 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 392 Mixed 385 SusWrite 420 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 31.4 149% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 45.9 104% 213 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 274GB free Firmware: E SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 74 74 74 73 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 72.4 Write 47 Mixed 42.1 SusWrite 73 43% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C16 Series 4x4GB 674 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.3% Outstanding	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.4 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 28.7 89% 31 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 98%

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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 $413Bench 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 $97Bench 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: 73% - Very good

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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