MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78% 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	251% 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 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 03 '20 at 09:01
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 175 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 656 60% 502 Pts	64-Core 908 56% 908 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 99.2 Reflection 109 Parallax 96.3 81% 101 fps	MRender 88.3 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 86.9 72% 88.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1367 1560 1586 1597 1664 1724 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 1,581 Write 1,679 Mixed 802 SusWrite 1583 318% 1,411 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 52.7 188% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,124 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 252 320% 591 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 238GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 438 443 440 448 461 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 442 Mixed 344 SusWrite 436 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 39.5 138% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 340 259% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 524GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 113 115 115 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 140 Write 136 Mixed 111 SusWrite 115 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 190% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 112%
WD Elements 1.5TB 5,064 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 179GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 38 38 38 38 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 35 Write 34.5 Mixed 31 SusWrite 37.9 47% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 90% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,702 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 33.1 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.1 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 115%

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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 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

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