MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	147% 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	374% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	60 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 02 '19 at 01:30
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 97.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 234 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 478 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	147% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 216 Parallax 205 161% 206 fps	MRender 251 Gravity 196 Splatting 136 153% 194 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2155 2170 2121 2141 2134 2142 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	374% Outstanding	Read 2,805 Write 2,120 Mixed 1,561 SusWrite 2,144 483% 2,157 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 85.5 288% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,014 DQ Write 836 DQ Mixed 912 687% 921 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 374% Great: 393%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 106GB free Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 942 943 944 913 865 868 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	211% Outstanding	Read 885 Write 971 Mixed 657 SusWrite 913 193% 856 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 210 4K Mixed 55.6 246% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,138 DQ Write 930 DQ Mixed 955 736% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 230%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 492GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 489 489 488 489 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 420 Mixed 466 SusWrite 488 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 62.4 207% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 35GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 97 98 94 97 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 74.3 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 97.2 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 135% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 51GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 87 87 84 88 88 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 61.8 Write 34.5 Mixed 40 SusWrite 86.7 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 54%
WD easystore 25FC 1TB 3,002 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 23GB free, PID 25fc Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 70 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 80 Write 81 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 69.3 94% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + 4x16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	MC Read 57.5 MC Write 59.7 MC Mixed 56.4 165% 57.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.4 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 147%

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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 $400Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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