MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	84.1% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	49.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '22 at 18:31
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 206 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 705 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 924 57% 924 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 110 Parallax 100 85% 105 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 96.6 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 684GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 252 203 273 131 167 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 463 Write 474 Mixed 365 SusWrite 206 85% 377 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 32.6 126% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 195 183% 284 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 103%
WDC WD6003FFBX-68MU3N0 6TB 482 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 237 233 232 239 234 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	26.5% Poor	Read 233 Write 240 Mixed 107 SusWrite 234 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 9.8 4K Mixed 1.4 10% 4.3 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 4.4 DQ Mixed 2.8 2% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 29%
WDC WD6003FFBX-68MU3N0 6TB 482 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 4.5TB free Firmware: 83.00A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 228 219 237 224 225 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	25.7% Poor	Read 227 Write 230 Mixed 102 SusWrite 228 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 1.3 9% 3.97 MB/s	DQ Read 0.9 DQ Write 5.4 DQ Mixed 2.4 2% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.7% Great: 29%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 181GB free Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 282 259 307 282 359 344 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 443 Write 382 Mixed 217 SusWrite 306 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 85.6 4K Mixed 34.2 131% 49.1 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 127 131% 217 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 99%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 911GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 103 101 103 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 102 69% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 383GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 97 99 98 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 86.3 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 98 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 39 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 139%

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Gaming 88%

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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	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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16