MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	84.2% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '19 at 02:21
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 629 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1304) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 131 Parallax 140 109% 135 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 120 Splatting 91 96% 121 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 14 18 23 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 435 Write 421 Mixed 330 SusWrite 38.4 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 46.7 157% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 232 207% 311 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 118%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 112 111 100 110 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Read 91 Write 170 Mixed 159 SusWrite 110 30% 133 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 29.8 114% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 133 109% 156 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 85%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 469GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 394 414 420 381 400 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 423 Mixed 403 SusWrite 400 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 44.2 150% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 301 242% 340 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	116% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 56.4 MC Mixed 42.5 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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