MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 153% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 154% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% 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.
Boot Drive	219% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 18:43
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 255 81% 147 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 1,024 92% 775 Pts	64-Core 1,393 86% 1,393 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3710) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.96 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 205 Parallax 236 177% 219 fps	MRender 263 Gravity 218 Splatting 171 173% 217 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 933 335 304 318 325 296 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,227 Write 1,737 Mixed 822 SusWrite 418 288% 1,301 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 63.3 232% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 718 546% 737 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 71GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 477 479 483 474 461 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 487 Mixed 392 SusWrite 475 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 49.9 174% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 360GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 151 147 149 150 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 150 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 149 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 8x4GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	121% Outstanding	MC Read 52.6 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 45.1 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 139%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	144	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7727 34GK950F

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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%

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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	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: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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