MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	290% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '21 at 22:42
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 927 85% 712 Pts	64-Core 1,241 77% 1,241 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.7% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 79% 106 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 97.3 Splatting 84.1 75% 93 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 561GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1377 1047 1047 1033 1026 1005 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,380 Write 2,102 Mixed 1,504 SusWrite 1,089 396% 1,769 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 82.2 285% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,020 DQ Write 775 DQ Mixed 864 655% 887 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 159GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 296 297 297 297 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 469 Mixed 418 SusWrite 316 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 353 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 430GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 256 158 158 159 163 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 473 Mixed 430 SusWrite 228 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 51.8 179% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 352 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 128%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 96 97 97 96 97 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Read 93.4 Write 94.8 Mixed 63.6 SusWrite 94.3 64% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 67%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 114 114 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 71.6 Write 71.9 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 113 59% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A2K43BB1-CRC 4x16GB 100 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	MC Read 66.6 MC Write 58.4 MC Mixed 55.4 172% 60.1 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 153%

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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 $245Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16