MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	28.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 00:36
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 691 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

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: 390.77 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 110 Parallax 96.4 86% 104 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 94 Splatting 82.9 72% 88.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85734824 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 25784136 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 57 588906530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16805 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 77309411362 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -63947768066592 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6178725652 (F2) Unknown 100 253 100877982701	80.6% Excellent	Read 107 Write 172 Mixed 129 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.88 226% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71597800 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 648 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 229057216 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 589836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 55 588840994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 807 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -103457172219464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41964655636 (F2) Unknown 100 253 460601368218	77.1% Very good	Read 99.3 Write 168 Mixed 112 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.24 4K Mixed 0.85 224% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.3% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 23 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 120%

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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 $103Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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