MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.7% 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	191% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '19 at 23:43
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 v3 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 76.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 682 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 1,732 107% 1,732 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 142 Parallax 130 102% 133 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 125 Splatting 108 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 780GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1312 1179 1172 1179 1171 1161 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,499 Write 1,578 Mixed 781 SusWrite 1,196 284% 1,264 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 36.5 133% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 479 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 391 290% 389 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 302%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 802GB free Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 399 393 391 359 373 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 477 Write 373 Mixed 402 SusWrite 383 92% 408 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 58.7 4K Mixed 31.7 112% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 153 122% 175 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 125%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$80 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 187 189 190 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 160 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 188 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x16GB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2998 MHz Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	115% Outstanding	MC Read 54.4 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 41.1 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 132%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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%

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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 $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