MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.5% 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	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '19 at 06:03
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 697 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% MSI(1462 8C9F) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 111 Parallax 115 93% 114 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 78.9 82% 104 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 241GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 462 290 242 243 242 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 420 Write 443 Mixed 370 SusWrite 320 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 31.6 110% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.4 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 261 174% 199 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 99%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 274GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1905 860 601 602 603 603 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1982 Write 1,860 Mixed 1,420 SusWrite 862 343% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 67.7 218% 72.7 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 444 317% 406 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 130GB free Firmware: HP64 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 121 120 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 115 Write 56 Mixed 64 SusWrite 120 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 579GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 94 93 94 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 80 Write 39 Mixed 55 SusWrite 93.3 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.5 431% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 4x8GB 9,100 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.2 MC Write 40.8 MC Mixed 36.7 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% 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 $178	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