MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.4% 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 Drive216% 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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7A20
MotherboardMSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160509
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJun 13 '16 at 17:07
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 223
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 672
66% 542 Pts
64-Core 867
54% 867 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 91%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 118
Parallax 105
90% 111 fps
MRender 96.1
Gravity 102
Splatting 91.7
79% 96.7 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
210GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 1,463
Write 1,122
Mixed 1,234
283% 1,273 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 57.4
228% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 525
DQ Write 349
DQ Mixed 211
218% 362 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 216%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-3000 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.6% Good
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 21.7
MC Mixed 22.5
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 21.2
SC Mixed 20.5
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 63.9
63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 69%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 110%

 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 789 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: 100% - Outstanding Total price: $614
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