MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	244% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 07:40
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 753 74% 607 Pts	64-Core 983 61% 983 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 61.2 Parallax 88.6 53% 71.5 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 66.7 Splatting 55.5 51% 62.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,650 Write 1,311 Mixed 1,394 392% 1,785 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 27.1 169% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 49.6 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 23.9 72% 144 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 254%
Mushkin ECO3 240GB-$99 848 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 194GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^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 54 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 152 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1939 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 18 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8312 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10436 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7756	72.8% Very good	Read 485 Write 260 Mixed 264 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 45.4 4K Mixed 23.4 98% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 48.1 70% 133 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 99%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 127 Write 138 Mixed 118 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.15 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.68 161% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 123%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 3TB 2,213 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 808GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 124 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 110% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	MC Read 46.3 MC Write 62.5 MC Mixed 48.9 150% 52.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 23 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 135%

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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 $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