MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	25.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 02:57
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (43^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 231 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 767 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 121 Parallax 120 96% 119 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 106 Splatting 99.3 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 24GB free Firmware: L2010420 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4531 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 742 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 94 (AF) Unknown 100 100 12886278785 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 73 453836827 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 62696 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 99 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 775 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 62696 (F2) Unknown 100 100 90901	71.9% Very good	Read 486 Write 282 Mixed 359 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 16.7 105% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 15.4 40% 78 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 95%
Patriot Torqx 2 64GB SSD 323 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: S5FAM014 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12345 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1816 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8589934644 (AD) Unknown 100 100 58066836 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1	25.4% Poor	Read 149 Write 129 Mixed 148 32% 142 MB/s	4K Read 8.43 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 3.83 38% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 7.94 DQ Write 34.9 DQ Mixed 0.2 6% 14.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2x16GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 106%

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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%

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	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 $300	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