MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	12.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 17:52
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 101 2-Core 190 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 603 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 107 90% 110 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 100 81% 98.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 450 Write 459 Mixed 332 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 47 158% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 334 255% 346 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 36GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 165 156 172 165 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 119 Write 82.7 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 164 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 538GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 39.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 41.1 28% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 104%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 25GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.2 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 17 18 18 15 21 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 56.2 Write 70 SusWrite 17.3 59% 47.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.6 40% 2 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB 3,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 21 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 79%

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

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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 $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
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: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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