MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 100%, 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	149% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	123.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 14:49
Run Duration	381 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 901 89% 726 Pts	64-Core 1,094 68% 1,094 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 201 Parallax 193 148% 192 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 476GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	566% Outstanding	Read 4,579 Write 11.5 Mixed 22.7 319% 1,538 MB/s	4K Read 956 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.72 1,450% 319 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 566% Great: 262%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 430GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12786 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 912 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 39 100 55837917223 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 6449423 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 747294 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 747294 (F2) Unknown 100 100 549854 (F9) Unknown 100 100 25252
Poor: 47% Great: 69%
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 430GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (AA) Unknown 99 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 38 100 55837851686 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 223663 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 777376 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 49 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 99 100 0 (E9) Unknown 93 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 777376 (F2) Unknown 100 100 748930 (F9) Unknown 100 100 75811
Poor: 47% Great: 69%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,392 Write 571 Mixed 821 204% 928 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 27.2 145% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 80.6 136% 256 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 157%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 167GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13003 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 978 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 45 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 424 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14334971062	93.1% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 409 Mixed 419 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 89.1 4K Mixed 26.1 140% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 40.4 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 106 91% 127 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 134%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 156 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13198 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 7 7 68592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 604 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13195 (C2) HDA temperature 109 92 41 (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 69094 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 177 0 (03) Spinup time 175 156 6241 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11368 (05) Reallocated sector count 156 156 351 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 17 17 61031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1640 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 517 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11368 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 39 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 551 (C5) Current pending sector count 195 192 914 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 192 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 172 8994 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 89060
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 849GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 181 172 3933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5640 (05) Reallocated sector count 193 193 207 (07) Seek error rate 183 181 619 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19010 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 881 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 678 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15181 (C2) HDA temperature 110 87 37 (C4) Reallocation count 172 172 28 (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
Poor: 45% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 8x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	MC Read 52.1 MC Write 61.9 MC Mixed 52.9 159% 55.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 25.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 161%

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

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	327x
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	174x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16