MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 91%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics116% 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 Drive260% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemMSI MS-7A20
MotherboardMSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160914
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 18 '18 at 22:58
Run Duration114 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 88.6
1-Core 121
2-Core 234
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 686
71% 571 Pts
64-Core 908
56% 908 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 159
Parallax 135
128% 150 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 148
Splatting 117
105% 129 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 116%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
260% Outstanding
Read 2,808
Write 1,220
Mixed 1,539
407% 1,856 MB/s
4K Read 44.5
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 56.1
196% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 215
DQ Mixed 29.5
91% 200 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 260%
Great: 280%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
931GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 180
Write 85.7
Mixed 98.2
91% 121 MB/s
4K Read 1.15
4K Write 2.57
4K Mixed 0.36
136% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C13 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.9% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 19.9
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 68.9
58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 71% - Very good Total price: $769
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