MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	189% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	37.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7900X-$413 19,432 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 76.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 232 77% 139 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 893 82% 685 Pts	64-Core 1,545 96% 1,545 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.5 90% 107 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 98.2 Splatting 100 81% 98 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.4% Average	Lighting 60 Reflection 63.9 Parallax 57 49% 60.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 50.8 47% 59 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 864GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1110 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3128 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2490382 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1130 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3125 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 54 66 283469938734 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 17179869188 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 121 (EA) Unknown 100 100 278 (F1) Unknown 253 253 85 (F2) Unknown 253 253 96 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0		Read 488 Write 180 Mixed 5.48 48% 225 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 851GB free Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1216 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1179656 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 759 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1213 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 53 67 287764906031 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8589934594 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 86 (EA) Unknown 100 100 158 (F1) Unknown 253 253 58 (F2) Unknown 253 253 29 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78% Very good	Read 475 Write 342 Mixed 326 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 49.2 4K Mixed 19 94% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 41.8 82% 168 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 108%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 48GB free Firmware: SBFM01.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 90 90 195 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65538 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12	86.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 449 Mixed 494 106% 476 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 11.6 97% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 18.3 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 94%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,810 Write 1,152 Mixed 1,170 304% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 21.5 123% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 20.9 71% 155 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 236%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 4100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239687 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 34 (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 0
Poor: 40% Great: 84%

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 2133 MHz clocked @ 2934 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 56.4 MC Mixed 32.1 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 10.3 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 88 46% 88 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 142%

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Desktop 86%

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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 $413Bench 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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $744

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 $45	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