MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	91.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '18 at 00:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 620 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 195 Parallax 193 148% 190 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 174 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 187 188 185 185 163 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 226 Mixed 210 SusWrite 185 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 33.9 156% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 203 179% 270 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 98%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1991 1911 1932 1880 1855 1854 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	345% Outstanding	Read 2681 Write 1,879 Mixed 1,204 SusWrite 1,904 428% 1,917 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 75.6 265% 99 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 811 DQ Mixed 822 632% 862 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 345% Great: 353%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 179 180 179 177 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 166 Mixed 110 SusWrite 178 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 224% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 616GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 107 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 108 Write 105 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 108 118% 89.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 BLS8G4D240FSB.16FBD BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 BLS4G4D26BFSC.8FD2 32GB 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 41.6 MC Mixed 39.2 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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