MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 18:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 662 65% 533 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 148 Parallax 137 113% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 346 Write 251 Mixed 305 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 34.8 132% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 217 175% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 94%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 111GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 366 Write 219 Mixed 229 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 37.9 141% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 143 128% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 497GB 5,027 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 254GB free Firmware: 0.1 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 469 Write 437 Mixed 405 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 45.1 152% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 292 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 128%
Samsung HD401LJ 400GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 320GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 3,834 Write 32.2 Mixed 63.2 938% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 675 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 2 28,356% 226 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.9% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%

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

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Workstation 79%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
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 $160Bench 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: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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