MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	71% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 23:10
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 233 87% 152 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 820 78% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,040 64% 1,040 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 90%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6504 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 862 (A5) Unknown 100 100 70583217 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1087 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 117 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 266289020960 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2499673719366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3336 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19377 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17003 (F2) Unknown 253 253 22547 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	71% Very good	Read 465 Write 281 Mixed 243 73% 330 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 13.3 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 38.1 76% 158 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 107%
Samsung MZMPC064HBDR-000L1 64GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free Firmware: CXM13L1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11188 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2316 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 170 (B2) Unknown 96 96 30 (B3) Unknown 96 96 58 (B4) Unknown 96 96 1574 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 40 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 198 198 217 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (EC) Unknown 99 99 23 (ED) Unknown 99 99 170 (EE) Unknown 99 99 58	56.7% Above average	Read 472 Write 166 Mixed 251 65% 296 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 14.8 73% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 55.2 DQ Mixed 46.3 57% 105 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64145824 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4625947574 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2981 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 655425572 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3043 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 42949672996 (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 15247133917192 (F1) Unknown 100 253 136517724911577 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73506377620486	102% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 172 Mixed 151 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 60.3 MC Mixed 46 144% 50.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 22.8 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 113%

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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 $94Bench 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 $45Bench 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 $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