MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 134% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 148% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	131% 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	396% 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.

System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200601
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '21 at 21:59
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10920X-$850 3,007 User benchmarks, average bench 87% CPU0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 83.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 317 100% 186 Pts	4-Core 633 8-Core 1,254 111% 943 Pts	64-Core 2,004 124% 2,004 Pts
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 95%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3609) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 196 Parallax 188 146% 188 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 256GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2724 2189 1438 1461 1406 1395 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	396% Outstanding	Read 2,716 Write 2,727 Mixed 2,014 SusWrite 1769 518% 2,306 MB/s	4K Read 76.7 4K Write 250 4K Mixed 115 396% 147 MB/s	DQ Read 1403 DQ Write 1,133 DQ Mixed 1,243 937% 1,260 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 396% Great: 372%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 720GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2230 2143 1254 1252 1249 1250 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 54% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 256GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1748 1582 1698 1649 1530 1465 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	348% Outstanding	Read 2,570 Write 1,915 Mixed 1,142 SusWrite 1,612 404% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 208 4K Mixed 79.1 296% 114 MB/s	DQ Read 1,310 DQ Write 1,204 DQ Mixed 1,153 894% 1,222 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 348% Great: 353%
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$50 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 132GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 197 202 196 200 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 485 Mixed 242 SusWrite 209 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 55.4 203% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 276 217% 304 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 187 187 186 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 181 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 187 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.6 233% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 150 152 151 151 151 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 23% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x8GB 4,255 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	140% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 74.8 MC Mixed 46.9 162% 56.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 13.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 142%

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Gaming 101%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 101%

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Motherboard: MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	54x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $400Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 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 $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	19x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	18x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	69x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	29x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	27x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $903

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16