MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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.
Boot Drive	262% 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	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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 14:30
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 210 86% 147 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 788 80% 647 Pts	64-Core 1025 63% 1025 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 90%

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: 430.64 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 145 Parallax 124 114% 136 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 134 Splatting 105 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 456GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1067 1044 1063 1031 1076 1102 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,250 Write 1884 Mixed 1,404 SusWrite 1,064 369% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 69.7 228% 78.8 MB/s	DQ Read 710 DQ Write 921 DQ Mixed 758 588% 796 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 372%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 24GB free Firmware: M0CR070 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 415 Write 471 Mixed 382 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 37.9 133% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 325 244% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% Great: 99%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$146 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 126 126 130 125 130 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 174 Write 172 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 128 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 379% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80% Very good	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 25 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 83%

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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