MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.1% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 19:30
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 690 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.2% 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 85A0) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 116 Parallax 108 86% 110 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 98 Splatting 99.3 81% 98.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 347GB free Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 100 100 265 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 466 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 46 (A3) Unknown 100 100 584 (94) Unknown 100 100 27712 (95) Unknown 100 100 393 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 374 (A4) Unknown 100 100 9419 (A5) Unknown 100 100 35 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48559590801443 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 68492 (F2) Unknown 100 100 78884 (F5) Unknown 100 100 111261 (F6) Unknown 100 100 110848 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	75.7% Very good	Read 469 Write 246 Mixed 269 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 23 107% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 45.8 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 95%
Sandisk SD8SNAT256G1122 256GB 1,971 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2333000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 457 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 334 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9 (AE) Unknown 100 100 187 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 231928234025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 33 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1864 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1573 (F2) Unknown 253 253 834	77.8% Very good	Read 485 Write 331 Mixed 392 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 4.26 102% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 4.22 67% 157 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 178 Mixed 173 138% 183 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3400 C16 4x8GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 56.7 MC Mixed 49.4 146% 50.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 22.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 132%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 786 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	110x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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