MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	205% 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 790 81% 655 Pts	64-Core 1,002 62% 1,002 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2828 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 189 Parallax 208 95% 171 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 132 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 379GB free Firmware: 0AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 100 100 444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 620 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 505 (94) Unknown 100 100 25003 (95) Unknown 100 100 382 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 337 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10473 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 148 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 44144364421153 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 81943 (F2) Unknown 100 100 217418 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123712 (F6) Unknown 100 100 100012 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72% Very good	Read 389 Write 246 Mixed 240 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 24 105% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 46.8 81% 163 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 1,939 Write 727 Mixed 1,178 281% 1,281 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 162 4K Mixed 54 221% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 550 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 216 199% 316 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 501GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204516443 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 270716714806 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28139 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1642 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 96 3407930 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 571670562 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 19 204516443 (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 37821482043683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1026394262 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1606850836	64.5% Good	Read 117 Write 108 Mixed 93.9 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.61 120% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 24.1 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 138%

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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	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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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