MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '18 at 11:04
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 22 cores, 44 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 224 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 739 68% 571 Pts	64-Core 2,676 166% 2,676 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 399.7 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 187 Parallax 169 130% 172 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 0.03 Splatting 0.09 28% 40.4 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 917 506 509 506 510 508 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 112GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 143 141 143 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 331 Mixed 375 SusWrite 177 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 81.8 4K Mixed 44.8 160% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 172 177% 289 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 228GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 277 275 276 277 357 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 271 Mixed 325 SusWrite 308 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 46.1 162% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 229 205% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 118%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 411GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1702 958 601 605 605 605 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,056 Write 1,734 Mixed 923 SusWrite 846 310% 1,390 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 53.6 206% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 679 DQ Write 511 DQ Mixed 581 438% 590 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 254%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 344GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 125 126 129 130 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 92.5 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 127 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 1.5 296% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	MC Read 60.8 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 51.2 158% 55.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 17.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 136% 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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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