MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	57.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '17 at 23:16
Run Duration	96 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 87.3 1-Core 102 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 622 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 85% 106 fps	MRender 80.9 Gravity 86.5 Splatting 71.8 64% 79.7 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 960GB-$190 3,375 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7411 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 159 159 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C2) HDA temperature 70 52 206159216670 (F1) Unknown 100 100 699638	77.3% Very good	Read 511 Write 330 Mixed 289 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 9.65 86% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 46.3 96% 199 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 20.7 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 137%

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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 $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