MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '16 at 00:20
Run Duration	523 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 851 85% 694 Pts	64-Core 1065 66% 1065 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.137.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 84.1 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 119 68% 87.6 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 91.3 Splatting 76 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 1,611 Write 999 Mixed 1,276 287% 1,296 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 187 4K Mixed 57.7 234% 94.9 MB/s	DQ Read 667 DQ Write 557 DQ Mixed 241 282% 489 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 219%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 116GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19528 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 860 (B1) Unknown 98 98 20 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 725 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12673583204	97.2% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 353 Mixed 355 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 26.7 142% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 83.9 122% 231 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 118%
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$35 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: SD26 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 1642389 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3185 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 83098236 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1967 (B8) Unknown 95 95 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 17836343333 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 23 23 155477 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 -140737488355291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 35 1642389 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.4% Above average	Read 86.5 Write 89.3 Mixed 89 67% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 1GB 176 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	2.94% Terrible	Read 7.8 Write 2.12 Mixed 3.2 4% 4.37 MB/s	4K Read 5.41 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 22% 1.82 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.94% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 147 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	129% Outstanding	MC Read 46.4 MC Write 58.6 MC Mixed 46.5 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 129%

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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	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 $45Bench 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 $300	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