MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	122% 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	205% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '21 at 23:15
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 227 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 741 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 2,710 168% 2,710 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.8% 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: 457.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 182 Parallax 187 135% 178 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 115% 142 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 122% 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% 401GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1007 643 646 649 650 649 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,823 Write 1,700 Mixed 666 SusWrite 707 273% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 54.8 187% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 566 DQ Mixed 713 525% 695 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 125GB free Firmware: 4B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 462 462 450 446 446 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 449 Mixed 372 SusWrite 456 98% 434 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 52.8 178% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 331 256% 350 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 7GB free Firmware: DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 460 Write 451 Mixed 384 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 50.3 176% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 231 208% 315 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 135 137 137 139 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 111 Write 82.3 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 137 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.5 298% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.6% 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 (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 61.2 MC Write 54.2 MC Mixed 52.6 160% 56 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 134%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

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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