MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	206% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	23.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	9.5 Days
Run Date	May 31 '20 at 00:55
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v4 360 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 22 cores, 44 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 739 68% 566 Pts	64-Core 2,640 163% 2,640 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 184 Parallax 187 132% 178 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 168 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 851 581 577 573 566 556 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2038 Write 1,703 Mixed 731 SusWrite 618 282% 1,272 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.3 198% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 488 DQ Mixed 581 436% 585 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 47GB free Firmware: DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 135 134 120 114 104 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 463 Mixed 364 SusWrite 154 81% 364 MB/s	4K Read 41.3 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 48.7 170% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 228 206% 312 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 59GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 465 467 468 457 284 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 466 Mixed 372 SusWrite 435 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 52.8 176% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 330 255% 348 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 42GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 33 19 17 9.1 7.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 97.3 Write 44.8 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 20.5 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 5.2 841% 4.63 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,159 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2176 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 57 MC Write 53.8 MC Mixed 50.9 154% 53.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 17.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 134%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

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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 $400Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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