MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	236% 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	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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 08:02
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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, 5 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 240 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 813 85% 684 Pts	64-Core 917 57% 917 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 150 Parallax 143 114% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 136 Splatting 110 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% 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% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 891 637 638 634 631 620 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 1,871 Write 1,686 Mixed 829 SusWrite 675 282% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 59.7 242% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 1,010 DQ Mixed 915 722% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 197GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 467 466 457 454 454 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 460 Mixed 398 SusWrite 459 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 52.4 179% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 116 101 113 112 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 149 Write 173 Mixed 138 SusWrite 114 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 28.5 116% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 126 107% 156 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 147 148 149 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 111 SusWrite 148 105% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.9 202% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 199 197 198 199 197 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 158 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 198 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 364% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3178 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 26.4 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 21.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 80%

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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 $134	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) $39	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