MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding GPU, HDD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.3%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	86.5% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '17 at 22:50
Run Duration	90 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-6850K-$320 5,700 User benchmarks - Average bench 96% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	SC Int 112 SC Float 122 SC Mixed 117 94% 117 Pts	QC Int 441 QC Float 463 QC Mixed 462 103% 455 Pts	MC Int 833 MC Float 963 MC Mixed 877 133% 891 Pts
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 111%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$300 20,162 User benchmarks - Average bench 97% 792GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1510 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 360 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 63 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5336815695	96.5% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 406 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 35.8 139% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 20.8 67% 145 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 119%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 12,570 User benchmarks - Average bench 102% 440GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1510 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 362 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 75 63 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 116 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9003349212	86.5% Excellent	Read 517 Write 492 Mixed 514 114% 508 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 20.4 113% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 136 81% 83.2 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$172 791 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35.9 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 34.8 110% 38.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 125%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 1,192 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $270

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $299Bench 90%, 10,215 samples	540x
Core i7-6850KIntel $320Bench 96%, 5,700 samples	298x
Core i7-5820KIntel $391Bench 85%, 23,335 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $535Bench 127%, 94,556 samples	412x
GTX 1070Nvidia $410Bench 100%, 166,352 samples	195x
GTX 1080 TiNvidia $765Bench 154%, 30,531 samples	101x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 97%, 101,328 samples	185x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $481Bench 221%, 18,348 samples	135x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $97Bench 95%, 163,629 samples	91x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 85%, 223 samples	48x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 82%, 1,988 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $155Bench 83%, 32,832 samples	21x

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Value: 99% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,254

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $295	Nvidia GTX 1070 $410	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $97
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $270	AMD RX 480 $350	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $198	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $263	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $724	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $155	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB $56	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $141	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $20