MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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	187% 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.

Run History

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	61.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '17 at 15:42
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 2.20GHz 680 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 76.1 1-Core 77.1 2-Core 149 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 591 53% 447 Pts	64-Core 1,372 85% 1,372 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 145 Parallax 126 105% 133 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 613GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,844 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,265 335% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 28.3 DQ Mixed 13.2 14% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 65 95843234 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1614 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 20031680 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 32104880540292 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 61 521994271 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7462 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (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 73207717560722 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1722515588 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2466029635	92% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 160 Mixed 120 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 105%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 775GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 12896239787 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 199 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 201 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 201 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176095166497 (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 1	97.3% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 168 Mixed 165 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 142 142 25786581270 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 132 34 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7359 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454839329 (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	72.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 127 Mixed 118 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.42 103% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x8GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 55.9 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 43.6 130% 45.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 15.8 40% 13.8 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 127%

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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