MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.4% 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	350% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 20:37
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 840 80% 664 Pts	64-Core 1,042 64% 1,042 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

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: 465.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 173 Parallax 117 89% 133 fps	MRender 97.5 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 624GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2416 2210 1441 1467 1482 1525 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	350% Outstanding	Read 2,604 Write 2416 Mixed 1,861 SusWrite 1,757 485% 2,159 MB/s	4K Read 66.1 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 93.8 312% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1,022 DQ Write 860 DQ Mixed 934 702% 939 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 350% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 151GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 435 439 455 467 434 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 483 Mixed 414 SusWrite 440 103% 459 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 61.9 207% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 134%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 130GB free Firmware: M0CR011 SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 427 430 447 289 255 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 478 Mixed 387 SusWrite 375 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 41.1 151% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 340 255% 339 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 126GB free Firmware: X41000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 285 270 179 177 80 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 358 SusWrite 226 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 50.3 178% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 247 206% 299 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 121GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 83.3 Write 61.1 Mixed 50.6 SusWrite 84.8 52% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESE.M16F 2x16GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 40 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 29.1 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 23.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

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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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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