MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	81% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 03:43
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

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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 i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 717 67% 559 Pts	64-Core 864 53% 864 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3726) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 160 Parallax 167 138% 165 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 148 Splatting 111 117% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: U21010RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 342 355 355 355 358 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 483 Write 369 Mixed 266 SusWrite 351 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 74 4K Mixed 17 102% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 104 117% 194 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 86%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$69 11,475 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 112GB free Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 555 562 584 588 600 576 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 624 Write 592 Mixed 524 SusWrite 578 130% 579 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 45.9 152% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 584 462% 641 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 185%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB 71,657 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 71 68 71 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 81 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 70.8 46% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.4 120% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 67%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 190GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 52 51 51 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	Read 68.7 Write 55.3 Mixed 26 SusWrite 50.6 37% 50.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 65%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 97 95 95 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 90.7 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 94.5 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 24,517 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 41.2 128% 44.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 105%

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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