MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	231% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '17 at 23:32
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 110 2-Core 237 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 763 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 970 60% 970 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 198 Parallax 178 148% 186 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 179 Splatting 124 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,330 Write 1,312 Mixed 1,438 374% 1,693 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 90.3 4K Mixed 35.4 130% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 460 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 107 160% 302 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 211%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 145 145 78 (03) Spinup time 172 172 17199989067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 790 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1370 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 238 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 791 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 791 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 223339216929 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 90.3 Mixed 93.5 70% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000LM010-9YH146 1TB 2,987 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 424GB free Firmware: CC9F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 129 100 1912156704 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9588297 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 46 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2807 (C2) HDA temperature 29 54 12884901917 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 31 1912156704 (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 32280974197274 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2507003223 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3223963837	37.6% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 68.8 Mixed 65.9 50% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.63 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 25.3 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 105%

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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 $134	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