MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.1% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 238 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 717 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3685) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 85 Reflection 83.1 Parallax 74.4 69% 80.8 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 65.7 59% 72.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 392 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 18 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 66 146030002206 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1399404985 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43903690 (F8) Unknown 100 100 9415680 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1961 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.1% Excellent	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 340 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 22.1 96% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 41.2 86% 178 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 99%
Toshiba Q300 480GB-$152 5,920 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 199GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1987 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41897038 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 189 189 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 163209936924	61.9% Good	Read 500 Write 278 Mixed 274 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 7.51 74% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 6.37 30% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 99%
Mushkin Chronos 480GB-$200 235 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 14GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 49091476199550 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 126 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 42 64427261981 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 64427261981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1326 (EA) Unknown 0 0 581 (F1) Unknown 0 0 581 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4299	21.7% Poor	Read 217 Write 94.2 Mixed 79.4 28% 130 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 9.37 22% 6.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 59%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 256GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6789 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14647 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2704 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 308 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6787 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 29 (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	58.2% Above average	Read 115 Write 87.7 Mixed 83.5 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.41 110% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 65%
Maxtor 6V160E0 160GB 1,693 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 29GB free Firmware: VA111900 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 209 207 16741 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 7496 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 237 62051 (09) Power-on hours count 229 229 8589 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 248 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 244 244 3824 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 43 605421593 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1037 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	21.2% Poor	Read 36.1 Write 37.1 Mixed 33.8 27% 35.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.33 98% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 39%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 20GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 157 5033 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8139 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2702 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8136 (C2) HDA temperature 121 98 26 (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	40.2% Average	Read 73.9 Write 65.6 Mixed 71.1 53% 70.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.45 118% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3000C15 4x8GB 4,019 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 39.9 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 113%

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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	110x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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