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

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	121% 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	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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191211
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '21 at 22:10
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 below expectations (14^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Memory 69.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 201 71% 127 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 643 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.92 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 136 Parallax 126 102% 129 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 130 Splatting 114 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 120 115 119 168 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 959 Write 108 Mixed 236 SusWrite 127 77% 357 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 33.8 164% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 958 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 310 297% 490 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 147%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 342GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 57GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 339 345 333 319 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 653 Write 423 Mixed 406 SusWrite 326 101% 452 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 42.9 158% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 597 DQ Write 412 DQ Mixed 381 318% 463 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 122%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 291GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 176 178 178 178 177 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 130 Write 49.4 Mixed 75.4 SusWrite 176 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 401GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 82 82 82 83 83 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 88.1 Write 56.8 Mixed 51.7 SusWrite 81.6 51% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 51GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 27 27 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 93.3 Write 27.1 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 27.7 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 45.5 MC Mixed 22.7 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 10.1 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 115%

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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 $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	57x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	87x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	62x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	45x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $150Bench 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: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16