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 (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 13:14
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel 0000 197 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79.8 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 186 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 690 61% 518 Pts	64-Core 1923 119% 1923 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.48 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 103 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 28 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 74 67 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 8 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1286427883
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 66GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11596 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2654 (B1) Unknown 91 91 101 (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 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 622 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65124855741	75.9% Very good	Read 501 Write 224 Mixed 349 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 49.4 4K Mixed 23.3 110% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 88.8 100% 173 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 41GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13506 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3336 (B1) Unknown 96 96 38 (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 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 761 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9105707273	78.1% Very good	Read 498 Write 281 Mixed 344 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 20.9 107% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 66.9 89% 165 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 39362640 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1968 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18545792 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295163907 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 470745116 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 328 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8762 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 55834574876 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -114186000529359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24958471455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42810284936	99.4% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 191 Mixed 141 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.58 195% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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 (93^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 50.6 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 13.2 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 80.9 50% 80.9 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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