MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	121% 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	108% 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	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 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '23 at 14:39
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3 1,203 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 75.6 1-Core 81.6 2-Core 164 62% 107 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 621 56% 470 Pts	64-Core 977 60% 977 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6800-$759 18,552 User benchmarks, average bench 143% ASRock(1849 5204) ≥ 4GB Ram: 16GB, Driver: 23.3.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 157 Parallax 256 108% 182 fps	MRender 241 Gravity 148 Splatting 201 161% 197 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 153%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBUSNS8154P3512GJ 512GB 8,131 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FK11.C SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 500 500 490 487 483 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 511 Mixed 480 SusWrite 505 112% 494 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 35.8 116% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 581 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 489 368% 496 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 148%
INTENSO 120GB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 99GB free Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 398 230 115 129 105 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 439 Write 401 Mixed 394 SusWrite 229 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 25.2 104% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 42.6 84% 164 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 96%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 110GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 63 64 64 63 65 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 78.3 Write 41.2 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 62.9 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 59%
SSK Storage 256GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 235GB free, PID 9210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 26 27 28 28 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Read 53 Write 28.3 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 27.4 43% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 11.6 620% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 340%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KF3200C16D4/8GX 2x8GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 17 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 89.1 45% 89.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $107Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	328x
Core i7-6850KIntel $190Bench 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 $85Bench 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 $44Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $568

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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