MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 06:33
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	NCL-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 689 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 189 Parallax 174 147% 181 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 181 Splatting 125 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2101 Write 1,378 Mixed 603 298% 1,361 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 59.3 236% 93.1 MB/s	DQ Read 995 DQ Write 885 DQ Mixed 683 582% 854 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 17GB free Firmware: DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,390 Write 4,184 Mixed 4468 1,041% 4,681 MB/s	4K Read 470 4K Write 307 4K Mixed 185 1,112% 321 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 852 DQ Mixed 944 715% 966 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 979GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 100 99 100 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 87.7 Write 79.7 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 99.1 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 214GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 156 165 162 165 166 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 136 Write 116 Mixed 72 SusWrite 162 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 114%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 972GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 141 142 142 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 103 SusWrite 141 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 112%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 798GB free Firmware: AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 83 81 78 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	46.8% Average	Read 84 Write 88.8 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 79.2 60% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + 1x16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.2 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 14.7 SC Mixed 13.1 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 43%

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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