MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	90.1% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '17 at 03:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 184 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 599 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 204 Parallax 187 126% 182 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 189 Splatting 125 120% 149 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 626GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	312% Outstanding	Read 2,851 Write 2,058 Mixed 2,069 516% 2,326 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.1 193% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 141 146% 240 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 312% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 288 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 130 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 61 53 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1431528273	90.1% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 415 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 22.7 121% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 88.5 96% 160 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 18TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 16.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 353 Mixed 300 278% 372 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 4.61 4K Mixed 0.58 995% 8.49 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 309%
Corsair Voyager SliderX1 128GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 115GB free, PID 1a15 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	38% Below average	Read 115 Write 82.6 Mixed 76.5 110% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.63 63% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 335 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 50.2 MC Write 62.5 MC Mixed 53.1 158% 55.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 15.1 SC Mixed 17.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 179%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 788 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	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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	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 $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