MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% 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	285% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '20 at 21:13
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 233 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 782 69% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,387 86% 1,387 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 109 83% 107 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 87.1 75% 92.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 597GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1227 1703 1673 1620 2149 1900 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	285% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 2,029 Mixed 1,274 SusWrite 1,712 418% 1,869 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 60.2 197% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 519 DQ Write 399 DQ Mixed 466 346% 461 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 285% Great: 425%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 280GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 168 164 169 169 168 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Read 140 Write 143 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 168 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 502GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 107 105 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 106 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 69%
WD WD6400AARS-00Y5B1 640GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 593GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 99 101 101 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 94 Mixed 63 SusWrite 100 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 3x4GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.5% Above average	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 16.4 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 19.1 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 101%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $245Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16