MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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.
Boot Drive	93.7% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	56.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 13:30
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 86.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 684 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3365) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 156 Parallax 132 124% 147 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 144 Splatting 114 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2040 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 820 (B1) Unknown 98 1 24 (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 63 52 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 169 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32926693049	93.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 410 Mixed 428 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 26.9 128% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 27.7 74% 157 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 912GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 210177248 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42921345 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2042 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 820 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 12124347 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 538181662 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14576 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 47244640286 (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 -134642929760846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13921736294 (F2) Unknown 100 253 95764398307	96.9% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 163 Mixed 128 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + 4x16GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 48.8 MC Mixed 39 119% 41.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.1 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 147%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 787 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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