MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	124% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 07:54
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 3,243 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 209 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 618 58% 483 Pts	64-Core 618 38% 618 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 84%

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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.7 93% 110 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
BPXP 240GB 226 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM SusWrite @10s intervals: 694 296 296 299 297 296 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 1,116 Write 991 Mixed 907 SusWrite 363 189% 844 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 25.4 82% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 711 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 703 533% 713 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 206%
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 98GB free Firmware: 61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 255 65 65 65 65 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 453 Write 373 Mixed 358 SusWrite 146 74% 333 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 29.4 129% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 168 151% 226 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 94%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 118GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 133 129 144 142 130 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 327 Write 188 Mixed 204 SusWrite 140 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 83.8 4K Mixed 38 134% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 174 125% 160 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 124 127 125 128 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 384 Write 141 Mixed 191 SusWrite 129 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 37 139% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 139 112% 160 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 73%
WD easystore 25FA 2TB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 160GB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 63 62 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 67.3 Write 68.7 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 62.1 81% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	94.7% Outstanding	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 46.8 MC Mixed 31.8 103% 36.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 107%

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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 $179	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