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 as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 184 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 646 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 762 47% 762 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 637 635 634 640 642 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,202 Write 1,940 Mixed 1,287 SusWrite 680 341% 1,527 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 60.7 193% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 229 DQ Mixed 416 328% 469 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 340%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 466GB free Firmware: 00WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 422 418 410 411 415 410 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 410 Mixed 294 SusWrite 414 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 40.3 135% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 261 208% 294 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 111%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 182GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 420 429 415 421 324 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 425 Mixed 411 SusWrite 401 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 46.2 150% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 355 253% 326 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 129%
Adata SU650 480GB-$89 17,796 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 447GB free Firmware: 517a SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 417 421 412 417 383 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 421 Write 428 Mixed 353 SusWrite 407 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 29.2 104% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 267 188% 238 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 99%
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 211GB free Firmware: 04RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 154 144 143 110 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 416 Write 349 Mixed 141 SusWrite 159 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 14.3 63% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 33.1 46% 85.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 56%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100V 1TB 2,427 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 931GB free Firmware: 1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 99 100 97 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 92 Write 86.6 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 98.2 59% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 39.8 115% 40.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 19.7 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 73.9 54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 139%

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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 $78Bench 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: $744

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 $182	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) $30	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