MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 159% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	152% 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	129% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 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	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 05 '19 at 21:08
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 141 2-Core 252 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 1,070 94% 798 Pts	64-Core 1817 112% 1817 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Lighting 233 Reflection 192 Parallax 207 190% 211 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 184 Splatting 124 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 446 444 450 446 424 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 481 Mixed 417 SusWrite 443 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 63.4 213% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 162GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 447 444 452 452 453 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 484 Mixed 417 SusWrite 450 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.2 216% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2509 2226 1521 1552 1550 1550 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	370% Outstanding	Read 2,669 Write 2,391 Mixed 1,885 SusWrite 1,818 492% 2,191 MB/s	4K Read 69.4 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 97.7 332% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 1,105 826% 1,101 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 370% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 803GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2509 2225 1549 1558 1557 1557 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	371% Outstanding	Read 2,680 Write 2,293 Mixed 1,928 SusWrite 1826 490% 2,182 MB/s	4K Read 69.1 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 99.7 334% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,183 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 1086 811% 1,080 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 371% Great: 410%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 6TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 227 223 224 226 228 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (94^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	135% Outstanding	MC Read 55.7 MC Write 53.8 MC Mixed 50.1 152% 53.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 137%

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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	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 $109Bench 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: $769

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