MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79% 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 Drive66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7A20
MotherboardMSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190613
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 17 '22 at 23:34
Run Duration162 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 779
75% 616 Pts
64-Core 967
60% 967 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.59
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
79% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 99.5
Parallax 91.4
82% 97.2 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 92.3
Splatting 79.8
73% 91 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 79%
Great: 81%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSFJ256GDNU 256GB
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JULA1102
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 75 74 69 74 75 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 336
Write 86.2
Mixed 287
SusWrite 77.8
44% 197 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 40.9
119% 42 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 124
DQ Mixed 139
127% 199 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 98%
Intel SSDSA2CW600G3 480GB
146GB free
Firmware: 4PC10362
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 214 213 215 205 205 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
55.6% Above average
Read 257
Write 219
Mixed 191
SusWrite 211
49% 220 MB/s
4K Read 21
4K Write 40.9
4K Mixed 26.6
88% 29.5 MB/s
DQ Read 139
DQ Write 88.7
DQ Mixed 79.4
68% 102 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 55.6%
Great: 53%
Intel 320 Series 600GB-$472
84GB free
Firmware: 4PC10362
SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 214 212 213 197 189 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
55.2% Above average
Read 255
Write 219
Mixed 194
SusWrite 206
49% 218 MB/s
4K Read 20.9
4K Write 41
4K Mixed 26.8
88% 29.6 MB/s
DQ Read 138
DQ Write 85.9
DQ Mixed 80
68% 101 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 55%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$48
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
82.5% Excellent
MC Read 36.7
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 24.9
86% 30.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 21.4
SC Mixed 22.1
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 57.4
70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 104%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 791 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 114% - Outstanding Total price: $564
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