MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	41.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	68.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '17 at 14:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 135 2-Core 280 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,053 97% 809 Pts	64-Core 1,505 93% 1,505 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 0482) 3GB CLim: 1200 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.8% Average	Lighting 54.2 Reflection 39.1 Parallax 71.4 44% 54.9 fps	MRender 36.3 Gravity 50.1 Splatting 48 37% 44.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15491 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2963 (B1) Unknown 90 90 329 (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 70 50 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 519 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27635656059	68.9% Good	Read 513 Write 224 Mixed 319 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 18.4 93% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 57.4 DQ Mixed 40.8 61% 120 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 76%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 608GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6210 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18949 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2208 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 61 453967899 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 537853983 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 644788 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	55.6% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 98.4 Mixed 92.2 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.47 106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 210GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33682936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12197103 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1152 (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 66 37 1529630425122 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38970 (C2) HDA temperature 34 63 55834574882 (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 6987911794871 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9147450227 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78185061859	71.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 119 Mixed 142 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 112%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 30GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 134 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19977 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4496 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 993 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6874 (C2) HDA temperature 104 83 39 (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 200 200 596 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 82.5 Write 78.7 Mixed 81.8 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.25 74% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL14-16-16 D4-2400 4x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2696 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 52.1 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 40 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 26.1 SC Mixed 25.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 116%

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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 $131	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