MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89% 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 Drive	214% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '18 at 15:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 216 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 727 73% 596 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.9 92% 110 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 103 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 332 327 329 324 324 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,214 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,166 SusWrite 360 288% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 68.6 232% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 851 DQ Write 578 DQ Mixed 779 564% 736 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 772GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 481 476 474 473 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 465 Mixed 399 SusWrite 455 101% 450 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 263% 344 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 924GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 72 72 73 72 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 171 Write 80.7 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 72.2 69% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x4GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 57.1 MC Mixed 39.8 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 116%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 787 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	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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