MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	135% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	14.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '21 at 21:09
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 2.90GHz 171 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 69.5 1-Core 86.6 2-Core 174 62% 110 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 696 61% 519 Pts	64-Core 942 58% 942 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% MSI(1462 C724) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	135% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 172 Parallax 200 149% 185 fps	MRender 204 Gravity 162 Splatting 133 132% 166 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 591GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 107 113 127 132 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 166 Write 169 Mixed 93 SusWrite 120 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 109%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 990GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 116 116 115 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 114 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 354GB free Firmware: 7101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 122 121 120 121 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 179 Write 135 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 122 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 172% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 112%
ST2000DX 002-2DV164 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 19 19 18 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	27.3% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 34.7 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 18.5 42% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.4 241% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 31%
ST350063 0AS 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 271GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 18 19 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 25.5 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 18.6 34% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x8GB-$46 47,721 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	63.4% Good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 15.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 80%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 791 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	328x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	117x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16