MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	80GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 80GB 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	75.3 GB free of 80 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '19 at 02:09
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 744 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 928 57% 928 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 141 119% 146 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 141 Splatting 111 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt ASM1351 120GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 110GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 100 124 124 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 319 Write 151 Mixed 192 SusWrite 117 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 25.3 87% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 133 103% 143 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 55%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 225 192 228 236 219 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 485 Write 309 Mixed 285 SusWrite 218 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 38.4 133% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 247 210% 309 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 14GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 470 Mixed 383 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 52 180% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 226 205% 313 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Jmicron Generic 240GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 220GB free Firmware: 0103 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 118 106 120 83 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 298 Write 207 Mixed 215 SusWrite 109 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 15.1 50% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 32.5 DQ Mixed 22.9 18% 25.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 69%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 44GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 293 293 293 294 293 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 414 Mixed 391 SusWrite 308 90% 400 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.1 192% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 152 130 157 151 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 147 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.1 228% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 108 128 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 139 Write 134 Mixed 117 SusWrite 120 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 172GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 81 96 92 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 92 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 90.1 60% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%
SABRENT 250GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 228GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 251 216 253 248 243 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	281% Outstanding	Read 380 Write 349 Mixed 341 SusWrite 241 437% 328 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 36.7 3,202% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 66.8 DQ Mixed 42.7 3,853% 48 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 281% Great: 281%
Samsung SSD 860 EVO 500G 500GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 287GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 253 216 254 247 243 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	309% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 434 Mixed 406 SusWrite 241 509% 383 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 38.2 3,444% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 44.9 4,170% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 309% Great: 376%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 CMU32GX4M2C3200C16 80GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 16384, 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	125% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 51.8 MC Mixed 46.1 139% 48.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 125% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

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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 $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 $40Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16