MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% 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	171% 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	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	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '21 at 08:54
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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-$105 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 231 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 716 67% 557 Pts	64-Core 962 60% 962 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 224 Reflection 214 Parallax 267 182% 235 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 227 Splatting 159 172% 218 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 653 318 320 314 315 311 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,598 Write 1,621 Mixed 567 SusWrite 372 231% 1,040 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.4 169% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 600 DQ Mixed 671 514% 701 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 14GB free Firmware: DXT07B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 251 Mixed 173 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 73 4K Mixed 20.3 100% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 195 DQ Mixed 57 102% 206 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 442GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 447 441 446 446 446 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 443 Mixed 377 SusWrite 447 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 47.1 160% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 97GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 434 429 420 352 338 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 428 Mixed 271 SusWrite 402 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 29.5 120% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 165 173% 286 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$90 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 522GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 126 124 125 124 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 125 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM4B8G2J2400A14K 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 55.2 MC Mixed 43.6 136% 47.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21.5 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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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	328x
Core i7-6850KIntel $105Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	117x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16