MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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	284% 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	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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 18:09
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 88.5 1-Core 103 2-Core 229 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 718 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 0426) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 186 Reflection 154 Parallax 136 152% 159 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 144 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 404GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2217 848 822 824 825 824 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2376 Write 2,158 Mixed 1566 SusWrite 1,060 400% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 83.6 278% 99.8 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 784 DQ Mixed 868 644% 851 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 355%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150 5,048 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 118GB free Firmware: 5.24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 121 114 106 95 105 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 381 Write 210 Mixed 270 SusWrite 112 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 39.7 138% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 197 152% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 86%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 755GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 129 129 129 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 122 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 128 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB-$113 87,239 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 22.1 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.9 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 120%

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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 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

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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	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
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