MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	217% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	16.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 14:37
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 604 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 831 51% 831 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 204 Parallax 183 126% 181 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 186 Splatting 128 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 280GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,264 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,489 384% 1,738 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 33 193% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 376 DQ Mixed 188 202% 339 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,916 Write 1,063 Mixed 1,270 313% 1,416 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 51.8 194% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 189 188% 303 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 283%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 40.4 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 149%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

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

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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