MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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	168% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '23 at 00:50
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 714 69% 570 Pts	64-Core 906 56% 906 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 187 Parallax 175 141% 178 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 183 Splatting 125 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 737 456 448 441 431 418 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,734 Write 1,473 Mixed 749 SusWrite 489 247% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 46.5 159% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 543 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 484 351% 458 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 271GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 438 443 451 452 450 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 474 Mixed 397 SusWrite 448 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 50.8 166% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 260GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 457 458 461 447 290 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 472 Mixed 453 SusWrite 428 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 48.4 158% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 129%
WD WD2003FYPS-27W9B 2TB 9,937 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 84GB free Firmware: 04.05G11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 80 78 78 80 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 91.5 Write 89.3 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 79.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 61%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 259GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 107 112 110 111 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 108 Write 120 Mixed 76.9 SusWrite 110 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 170% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 82%
WD Elements 25A3 10TB 3,723 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 5.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 167 171 166 166 158 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 156 Write 169 Mixed 102 SusWrite 165 201% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.9 203% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x4GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 40.1 MC Write 52.4 MC Mixed 38.3 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 116%

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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: 0P 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	70	57	100	34.1"	2293 897	ACR0450 Acer X34

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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 $400Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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