MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	108% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 19 months ago, 19 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '22 at 15:07
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 801 73% 612 Pts	64-Core 1,168 72% 1,168 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6274) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 87% 106 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 96.5 79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2KF010T8 1TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF0B2P SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 393 394 395 399 401 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 421 Mixed 407 SusWrite 402 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 52.4 167% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 37.1 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 122%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 248GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 63.4 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 49.3 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	121% Outstanding	MC Read 50.3 MC Write 52.5 MC Mixed 41.5 137% 48.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 121%

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

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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 $400Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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