MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 23:25
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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, 6 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 241 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 475 8-Core 691 73% 583 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 200 Parallax 182 152% 190 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 187 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 120 121 117 108 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 450 Write 134 Mixed 132 SusWrite 116 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 82.9 4K Mixed 18.3 104% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 48.4 82% 165 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 218 200 316 188 313 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36% Below average	Read 188 Write 89.5 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 256 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 18.8 4K Mixed 9.8 40% 13.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 13.3 10% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 85 86 78 86 84 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 171 Write 128 Mixed 126 SusWrite 85.2 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 28.9 114% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 96.5 76% 105 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 52GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 362 182 97 102 89 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 404 Write 387 Mixed 329 SusWrite 153 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 33.3 125% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 185 176% 274 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 198GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 159 158 157 153 158 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 141 Write 153 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 158 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 57 MC Mixed 46.5 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

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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	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16