MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96% 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	184% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '17 at 04:42
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 742 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 984 61% 984 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2104 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 124 Parallax 117 100% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 109 Splatting 110 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 61GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2767 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 978 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 68 46 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 195 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1343530332	87.2% Excellent	Read 482 Write 271 Mixed 277 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 29.9 140% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 82.6 98% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 61GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1207 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 445 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 49 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5907197071	110% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 396 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 39.9 169% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 131 149% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 745 Mixed 1,049 277% 1,267 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 29.2 183% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 28.8 49% 89.4 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 243%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 134 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1918 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 539 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 167 167 99174 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.9% Good	Read 129 Write 108 Mixed 109 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.25 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 1x8GB 10,361 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 11.3 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 13.3 SC Mixed 11.2 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 46%

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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%

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	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 $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: 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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16