MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	153% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	60 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 1,173 104% 882 Pts	64-Core 1,950 121% 1,950 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 242 Reflection 220 Parallax 220 197% 227 fps	Gravity 190 Splatting 150 148% 170 fps
Poor: 108% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 728GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 664 Mixed 684 155% 693 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 41.9 208% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 41.1 155% 341 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 363%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 467GB free Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	612% Outstanding	Read 4,433 Write 114 Mixed 221 332% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 1,062 4K Write 6.89 4K Mixed 6.8 1,621% 359 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 612% Great: 306%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 12TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 11TB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 212%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	MC Read 62.7 MC Write 62.3 MC Mixed 58.7 175% 61.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 179%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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 $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: 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 $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