MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.2% 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	212% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '17 at 22:54
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$150 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 846 84% 684 Pts	64-Core 1,064 66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 91%

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: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 93% 119 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 106 Splatting 98 82% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SABRENT 250GB 481 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 190GB free Firmware: 0204 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 380 Write 360 Mixed 361 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 36.4 4K Mixed 25.8 81% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 141 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 66.5 72% 121 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 82%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 181GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1481 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 314 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 76 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 219044053025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2145027663 (F7) Unknown 100 100 67209830 (F8) Unknown 100 100 23643077 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1923 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 486 Write 343 Mixed 341 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 81.6 4K Mixed 25.9 119% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 41.5 68% 127 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 99%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-256M8 256GB 527 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 1,842 Write 884 Mixed 1,080 279% 1,269 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 49.9 209% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 553 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 198 225% 387 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 205%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 23.1 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 80%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 791 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 $107Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	328x
Core i7-6850KIntel $190Bench 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	117x
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: $568

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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