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 (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 16:24
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 673 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,719 Write 863 Mixed 587 231% 1,056 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 48.2 211% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 983 DQ Write 723 DQ Mixed 730 579% 812 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 221GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 417 421 429 337 211 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 414 Mixed 370 SusWrite 374 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 51.6 172% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 190GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 95 97 97 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 95.8 67% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 104GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 135 134 118 136 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 82 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 131 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 154 162 162 161 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 106 Write 122 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 156 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 55% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 56.5 MC Mixed 40.8 133% 46.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 22 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 53 76% 53 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%

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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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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