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

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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	249% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 AC (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	121.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 03 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPU0, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 247 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 964 85% 724 Pts	64-Core 1211 75% 1211 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 138 Parallax 120 111% 131 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 857 618 602 581 556 519 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 2056 Write 1,573 Mixed 646 SusWrite 622 271% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 195 4K Mixed 64.4 254% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 1,131 DQ Mixed 884 740% 1,070 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 254%
OCZ RevoDrive 350 PCIe 480GB-$396 526 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 154GB free Firmware: 2.50 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 484 407 379 347 339 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,063 Write 528 Mixed 481 SusWrite 401 137% 618 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.1 170% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 574 DQ Mixed 664 507% 692 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 172%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 24TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 212% 18.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 454 439 456 459 460 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 410 Mixed 143 SusWrite 452 264% 364 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 7.7 4K Mixed 5.4 2,126% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 279%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 64GB 1,196 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 58GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 26 26 26 26 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 85.5 Write 25.5 Mixed 23 SusWrite 25.6 44% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1 86% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 45.8 MC Write 72.6 MC Mixed 46.2 157% 54.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 11 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 142%

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Gaming 98%

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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 $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 $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 $179	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