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 (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	197% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '21 at 16:34
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 704 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 904 56% 904 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110 2,806 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 770 781 775 782 772 779 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	197% Outstanding	Read 1,342 Write 875 Mixed 662 SusWrite 776 204% 914 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 57.3 202% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 853 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 589 481% 690 MB/s
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 197% Great: 215%
Hitachi HUS726020ALE614 2TB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1TB free Firmware: W907 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 120 122 123 121 122 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 202 Mixed 79.1 SusWrite 122 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 1 223% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 115%
WD WD1501FASS-00U0B 1.5TB 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 1D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 138 143 143 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 62.4 Write 68 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 141 62% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 179% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 34.7 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 134%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
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: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16