MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.5% 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	88.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '18 at 01:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 620 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 820 51% 820 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 3304) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.8 91% 108 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 99 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 85 89 68 91 89 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 507 Write 456 Mixed 365 SusWrite 105 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 41 154% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 180 174% 273 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 91%
Sandisk PLUS 480 GB 480GB 8,604 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 127GB free Firmware: UG3600RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 188 218 205 223 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 452 Write 346 Mixed 236 SusWrite 189 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 19 81% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 86.1 DQ Mixed 15.4 35% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 170 170 170 172 172 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 133 Write 138 Mixed 18 SusWrite 170 82% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 139 139 140 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 74 SusWrite 138 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 30 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.5 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.4 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 80%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

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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 $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 $295	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