MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.7% 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	72% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	56.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '20 at 04:22
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 703 68% 562 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 103 85% 107 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 388 400 403 405 403 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 483 Write 410 Mixed 303 SusWrite 398 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 36.1 86% 21.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 105%
Crucial MX500 2TB-$155 44,787 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 424 421 422 419 418 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 448 Mixed 407 SusWrite 421 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 45.9 155% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 294 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 125%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 168 168 169 166 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 248 Mixed 108 SusWrite 169 133% 182 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1 391% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 37.3 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 38 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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