MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.3% 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	109% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	58.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 02:26
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 279 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 1066 97% 813 Pts	64-Core 1,821 113% 1,821 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 70.6 Reflection 189 Parallax 182 58% 147 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 386 390 406 391 384 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 458 Mixed 389 SusWrite 396 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 50.2 168% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 357 256% 331 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 172GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 422 419 423 425 423 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 454 Mixed 399 SusWrite 422 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 86.9 4K Mixed 51.8 171% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 266 224% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2177 2166 1456 1454 1462 1461 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,329 Write 2,134 Mixed 1,803 SusWrite 1,696 447% 1,991 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 72.8 236% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 634 DQ Mixed 842 611% 798 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 410%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2174 2152 1474 1475 1477 1473 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	306% Outstanding	Read 2,347 Write 2,224 Mixed 1,795 SusWrite 1,704 453% 2,017 MB/s	4K Read 54.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 72.8 237% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 846 613% 801 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 306% Great: 410%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 6TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 216 219 218 221 218 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	132% Outstanding	MC Read 55.2 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 47.4 149% 52.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 137%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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 $133	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