MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	141% 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	206% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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	60.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 13:16
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 863 86% 701 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 182 Parallax 193 168% 193 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 184 Splatting 132 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 796GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st 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 1802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2297 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 69 (A4) Unknown 100 100 52306 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (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 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 88260 (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 32 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 442132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 549569 (F5) Unknown 100 100 836896	95.3% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 427 Mixed 473 105% 471 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 33.4 129% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 71.9 91% 162 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 108%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,894 Write 1,257 Mixed 1,427 338% 1,526 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 37.8 167% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 182 108% 110 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 247%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 2BC10004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 47 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 85 4521 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7229 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10297 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 53 206159347749 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 128 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 196650	34.5% Below average	Read 74.7 Write 45.5 Mixed 38.2 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.78 4K Mixed 0.33 72% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 862GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 63 50469604 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1296 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7081274 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3361 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (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 71 64 504627229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1302 (C2) HDA temperature 29 13 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 50469604 (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 -116513872803710 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2947260877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1756204109	99.1% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 160 Mixed 158 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 101% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 63 Write 95.2 Mixed 74 105% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 4.39 4K Mixed 0.48 168% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	123% Outstanding	MC Read 44 MC Write 56.8 MC Mixed 43.9 138% 48.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 130%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16