MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '17 at 00:17
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 697 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.4 89% 108 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 102 Splatting 102 82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 90GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10191 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 767 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6488246 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201864773670 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 20664 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10901 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10970 (F4) Unknown 100 100 99 (F5) Unknown 100 100 182 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6811264	101% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 506 Mixed 513 115% 512 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.1 121% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 14 99% 229 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3013 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 42 (AE) Unknown 100 100 47 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227634380837 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9536093151 (F7) Unknown 100 100 299555842 (F8) Unknown 100 100 232703583 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1253 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.2% Excellent	Read 479 Write 331 Mixed 335 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 23.3 107% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 35.6 77% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 95%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB 4,670 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 572GB free Firmware: GT001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 14052 (0A) Spinup retry count 177 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 74 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 246054 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223987742 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 39 (DE) Loaded hours 78 78 8904 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 229 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88% Excellent	Read 159 Write 147 Mixed 149 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.33 128% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 46%
Toshiba MK3265GSXN 320GB 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 572GB free Firmware: GH101M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3850 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 10519 (0A) Spinup retry count 176 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 21 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 114758 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240517971997 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6859 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 267 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88% Excellent	Read 159 Write 148 Mixed 147 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.58 4K Mixed 0.41 135% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 48%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$21 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 255GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243279328 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4321079383 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 50568944944471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 47 538837024 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10940 (C2) HDA temperature 32 53 8589934624 (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 100 100 -58037893070256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3789474479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5090698226 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50% Average	Read 87.1 Write 87.2 Mixed 72.4 62% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.14 50% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 167GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 91 100579667 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 23786 (05) Reallocated sector count 76 76 1015 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 361398488 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21717 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 11058 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4169823319 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 622 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 49 555548705 (C2) HDA temperature 33 51 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 20 100579667 (C4) Reallocation count 76 76 1015 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.6% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.3 Mixed 92.3 73% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.46 98% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 65%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1115 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7463 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1110 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.1% Excellent	Read 197 Write 113 Mixed 105 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.34 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.35 145% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-2400 CL16 8GB 2x8GB 2,791 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 84%

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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	112x

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