MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	118% 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	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 673 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 76.4 2-Core 154 57% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 602 53% 452 Pts	64-Core 1,733 107% 1,733 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% Asus(1043 05C9) ≥ 4GB Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.6.1 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 138 Parallax 310 110% 195 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 142 Splatting 170 146% 180 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$100 46,203 User benchmarks, average bench 317% 377GB free (System drive) Firmware: RKT401.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 288 314 362 680 789 831 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 300 Write 433 Mixed 329 SusWrite 544 91% 402 MB/s	4K Read 7.2 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 8.3 26% 8.27 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 147 108% 142 MB/s
Poor: 189% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 486%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 360GB 1,301 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 52GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 311 329 345 368 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 596 Write 394 Mixed 356 SusWrite 327 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 25.9 87% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 147%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 165GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 78 80 79 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 60.7 Write 59.4 Mixed 61.4 SusWrite 79.3 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 1.5TB (2010) 6,983 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 574GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 104 SusWrite 94.4 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 2188 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 30.9 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 16 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 107 37% 107 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 131%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	10	8	75	32"	1280 720	HPN3378 OMEN by HP 32

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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 $90Bench 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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16