MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	158% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '20 at 00:53
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 1,417 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 147 62% 102 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 584 52% 437 Pts	64-Core 1,183 73% 1,183 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (56^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 142 Parallax 124 108% 133 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 910 426 407 772 774 771 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,095 Mixed 958 SusWrite 677 235% 1,052 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 49.6 166% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45.4 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 220 144% 162 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 56 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 44.4 137% 48.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 18.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16