MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 99.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	274% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 15:59
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 884 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 111 Parallax 100 88% 106 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 78.9 72% 89 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,518 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,392 391% 1,774 MB/s	4K Read 58 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 55.8 227% 80.4 MB/s	DQ Read 536 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 189 202% 341 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 254%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS1754D117-489 240GB 625 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 100GB free Firmware: CS111101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^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 100 100 902 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 639 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 26 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1076 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 109 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 38 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6440 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4007	86.6% Excellent	Read 410 Write 279 Mixed 327 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 33.7 136% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 65.3 105% 200 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 159290056 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 637 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11299152 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 437846042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21653 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (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 54627689038976 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12079365059 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34092997387	96.2% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 154 Mixed 155 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 51.1 MC Mixed 39.3 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 22 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 106%

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Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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	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: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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