MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	177% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 (86^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 127 2-Core 240 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 747 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 957 59% 957 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 116% 142 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 114 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 810 Mixed 1,117 253% 1,142 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 38.5 173% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 167 176% 291 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 243%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 989GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5925 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3747 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16794 (C2) HDA temperature 118 112 32 (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	66.5% Good	Read 121 Write 111 Mixed 103 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.25 98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 271GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 23041824 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5588208 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 893 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19263 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 31967441585196 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4776528452 (F2) Unknown 100 253 41768014560	88.2% Excellent	Read 169 Write 139 Mixed 147 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1.5TB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 93 Write 93 Mixed 70.4 108% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.23 75% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2A2666C16 16GB 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	66% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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