MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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	79.7% 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	179% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	20.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '22 at 21:06
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 233 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 718 67% 556 Pts	64-Core 849 52% 849 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3307) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 111 Parallax 101 80% 103 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 98 Splatting 98.7 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 377 368 361 334 335 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,861 Write 834 Mixed 674 SusWrite 366 205% 934 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 50.9 189% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 852 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 377 324% 496 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 243%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 138GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 188 176 177 174 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 384 Mixed 163 SusWrite 208 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 37.3 152% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 73.8 126% 249 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: UH4400RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 3 112 90 58 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 448 Write 286 Mixed 164 SusWrite 103 55% 250 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 9.1 64% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 17.1 33% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 58%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 2,797 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 170 153 149 154 153 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	57% Above average	Read 443 Write 392 Mixed 299 SusWrite 188 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 15.8 76% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 33 47% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GB 92,358 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (87^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 51.1 MC Mixed 37 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 20.2 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16