MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, 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.
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.

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System	Micro-Star MS-7A95
Motherboard	MSI X299 GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A95) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190912
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '20 at 20:08
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7640X-$110 2,123 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 495 65% 487 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 98%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% XFX(1682 7240) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.1.4 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 9.12 6% 8.28 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.09 6% 7.33 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 147 Parallax 136 108% 139 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 293 Mixed 333 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 54.6 180% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingston RBU-SNS4151S316GD1 16GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 7GB free Firmware: S9FM01.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 44 42 44 46 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 232 Write 44.8 Mixed 129 SusWrite 41.9 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 19.1 115% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 76.5 DQ Mixed 3.5 30% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 50%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 15GB free Firmware: AP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 71 69 70 71 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	40.2% Average	Read 70.2 Write 65.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 69.8 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 133 130 132 132 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 130 Write 132 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 131 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 33GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 61 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 47.5 Write 20.7 Mixed 27 SusWrite 58.1 28% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 31.5 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 28.1 75% 26.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 116%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 102%

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

CPU
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	55x
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	53x
Core i9-7900XIntel $393Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	40x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	24x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	22x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	20x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 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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Total price: $946

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16