MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2048 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '18 at 07:28
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 196 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 576 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Apple(106B 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 27.5 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 25.2 22% 22.5 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 21 Splatting 19 15% 17.5 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 132 126 150 115 137 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.3% Below average	Read 264 Write 228 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 137 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 9.1 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 0.2 43% 102 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 76%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 99GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 79 79 78 80 78 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Read 82.5 Write 80.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 78.4 55% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 235GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 100 101 101 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 98 Write 92.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 99.7 65% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + + + 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2000, 2133 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 81%

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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 $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: 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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16