MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.9% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '16 at 23:24
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 31 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 161 68% 112 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 624 55% 468 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.6909 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Lighting 64.5 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 63.5 52% 64.2 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 55.7 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12078 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2859 (B1) Unknown 96 96 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 546 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8722900335	79.8% Very good	Read 490 Write 291 Mixed 338 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 21.6 107% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 66.8 97% 183 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10157 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2180 (B1) Unknown 93 93 82 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 408 (F1) Unknown 99 99 53375656254	83.9% Excellent	Read 495 Write 343 Mixed 346 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 23.9 110% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 83.2 103% 184 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 118%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC064MAG 64GB 1,591 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 8GB free Firmware: 0007 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4463 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 375 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 14693145250216 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 165 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	45.7% Average	Read 352 Write 70.1 Mixed 118 39% 180 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 54.6 4K Mixed 4.73 76% 28.9 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 72.1 DQ Mixed 24.9 49% 103 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 53%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 95894952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3633141 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 131074 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4382 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 85899345955 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119052198479259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4695891276 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14165228151	81.5% Excellent	Read 105 Write 178 Mixed 125 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.63 191% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 50.9 MC Write 48.8 MC Mixed 41.8 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 17.2 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%

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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 $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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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