MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	94.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 02:29
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 83.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 228 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 674 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 879 54% 879 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB; EVGA SC2 HYBRID CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 198 Parallax 180 132% 180 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 106 87 78 78 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 462 Mixed 382 SusWrite 143 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.7 165% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 357 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 134%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 190 191 197 195 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 174 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 193 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 471% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 103 115 109 111 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 128 Write 174 Mixed 98.2 SusWrite 111 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 406% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 107%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 124GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 101 102 99 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 88 Mixed 72 SusWrite 101 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 92,468 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 114%

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Desktop 88%

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	20x

RAM
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	30x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	22x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	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