MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.5% 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	238% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 91.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 673 64% 532 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.58 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 120 Parallax 104 97% 114 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 106 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 884 637 630 627 627 629 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,898 Write 1,573 Mixed 686 SusWrite 672 268% 1,207 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 65.4 268% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 621 DQ Write 1175 DQ Mixed 558 520% 785 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
Ssd2sc48 0G726A104-468277 480GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 227GB free Firmware: 524A SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 247 258 259 234 249 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	62.6% Good	Read 399 Write 236 Mixed 241 SusWrite 253 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 19.3 4K Mixed 22.5 79% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 122 98% 142 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 64%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 169 171 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 150 Mixed 82.2 SusWrite 170 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate ST2000DM009-2G4100 2TB 3,203 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: DN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 195 195 195 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 190 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 194 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 257% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (84^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 41.1 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 65.5 61% 65.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 131%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 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	326x
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	116x
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 $176	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