MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

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	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$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 above expectations (75^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 93.7 2-Core 197 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 688 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2797 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.48 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 20.2 Reflection 5.69 Parallax 18.6 16% 14.9 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 4.63 Splatting 26 11% 11.6 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 290 267 260 258 253 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 420 Mixed 377 SusWrite 276 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 49.3 166% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 30GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 437 442 460 450 370 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 450 Write 389 Mixed 367 SusWrite 432 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 29.2 123% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 153 124% 180 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D32AESE.M16F 1x16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 15 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 16.9 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 790 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	327x
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	174x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16