MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	90.6% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	43.2 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '19 at 01:44
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$508 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 900 82% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,460 90% 1,460 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 172 Reflection 181 Parallax 183 141% 179 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 173 Splatting 120 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 380GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 179 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 428 Mixed 382 SusWrite 147 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 45.6 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 239 199% 284 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 95%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 118GB free Firmware: 6.3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 177 181 173 181 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 182 Mixed 215 SusWrite 177 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 45.8 163% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 132 127% 204 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 92%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 327GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1972 1925 1936 1867 1869 1862 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	333% Outstanding	Read 2,495 Write 1,851 Mixed 1,081 SusWrite 1,905 410% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 71.2 252% 94.1 MB/s	DQ Read 956 DQ Write 818 DQ Mixed 868 656% 880 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 333% Great: 353%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 928GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 125 125 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 149 Mixed 106 SusWrite 124 99% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 6x8GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	116% Outstanding	MC Read 50 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 38.1 130% 45.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 116%

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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	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	110x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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