MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	119% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '19 at 03:12
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 699 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 90%

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: 436.48 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 108 Parallax 94.6 90% 104 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 98 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 721GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 467 451 461 462 462 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 470 Mixed 440 SusWrite 463 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52 176% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 26 26 27 27 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 24 Write 24.8 Mixed 21 SusWrite 25.9 18% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB-$60 93,353 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (48^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78% Very good	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 24.5 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 104%

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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 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 $195Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16