MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 72.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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.
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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '17 at 19:03
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 90.9 2-Core 171 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 692 61% 519 Pts	64-Core 1,941 120% 1,941 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.57 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 171 Parallax 214 94% 167 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 150 132% 161 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 342GB 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 99 656 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 161 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 73 57 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9269238997
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 236GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,610 Write 1,416 Mixed 1,487 405% 1,838 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 35.4 122% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 110 122% 207 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 197GB 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 12146 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2787 (B1) Unknown 91 91 102 (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 99 692 (F1) Unknown 99 99 65773141066	77% Very good	Read 498 Write 257 Mixed 357 82% 371 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 23.1 109% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 84.2 94% 163 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14057 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3469 (B1) Unknown 96 96 39 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 831 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9844113983	80.3% Excellent	Read 490 Write 332 Mixed 344 86% 389 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 48.6 4K Mixed 20.9 106% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 66.4 86% 157 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.3% 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 as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214600832 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2097 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20509454 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3185 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1126 (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 471466012 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10000 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 51539607580 (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 -108954730362389 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27323578094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49135157232	83.6% Excellent	Read 120 Write 170 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.61 198% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.6% 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)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 47.1 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 48.2 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 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	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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 $94Bench 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: 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 $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