MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 99.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.9% 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	235% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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	24.8 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '17 at 20:09
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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)	99.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 280 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 920 90% 740 Pts	64-Core 1,102 68% 1,102 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.9% Outstanding	Lighting 104 Reflection 116 Parallax 95.7 85% 105 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 147 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 243GB free Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 1961 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 529 (94) Unknown 100 100 43500 (95) Unknown 100 100 644 (96) Unknown 100 100 532 (97) Unknown 100 100 612 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19727 (A5) Unknown 100 100 38 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49672122073127 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 147965 (F2) Unknown 100 100 148628 (F5) Unknown 100 100 233025 (F6) Unknown 100 100 174000 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 491 Write 247 Mixed 263 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 24.2 108% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 46.8 84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5762 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 254 (B1) Unknown 99 99 18 (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 61 54 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 50 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27863291283	115% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 49 180% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 130 149% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,423 Write 764 Mixed 1,028 306% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 61.3 241% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 359 DQ Mixed 191 202% 336 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 353%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 174 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 684 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 239 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18944 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 88.8 Mixed 127 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.14 69% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 100%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 220 176 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1611 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 240 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18971 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 107 Mixed 100 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.29 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 CMD32GX4M4A2666C15 28GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 53.1 MC Mixed 41.7 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 121%

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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 $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 $132	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