MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	218% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	109.6 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 04:19
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 632 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 840 52% 840 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 18 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8542177	112% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 415 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 79.6 4K Mixed 47.7 170% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 126 143% 246 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,047 Write 962 Mixed 1,205 309% 1,404 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 53.3 197% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 176 184% 304 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 283%
Intel SSDMAEMC080G2H 80GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 75GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3060 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2035 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 304354 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	23.9% Poor	Read 202 Write 73.5 Mixed 117 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 2.71 4K Mixed 5.12 40% 9.64 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 36%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 12GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 230 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 44 (C2) HDA temperature 111 111 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	45.5% Average	Read 79.3 Write 78.5 Mixed 74.1 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 2.39 4K Mixed 0.31 126% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 108%
Lexar Echo 8GB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID a017 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	6.26% Terrible	Read 24 Write 6.59 Mixed 9.43 14% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.58 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.006 21% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.26% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 8x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	126% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 59.2 MC Mixed 45.6 143% 50 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 159%

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

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	327x
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	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: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16