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 (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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '16 at 07:26
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 850 82% 678 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% EVGA(3842 0784) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 37 Reflection 65 Parallax 53.6 30% 51.9 fps	Gravity 37.7 Splatting 56.8 43% 47.3 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6169 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 780 (B1) Unknown 97 97 80 (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 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 49 (EB) Unknown 99 99 218 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12879123488	100% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 445 Mixed 501 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 85.8 4K Mixed 26.3 125% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 20.4 102% 234 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 287GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128482487 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 8705364056 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1459 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032869 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 504954908 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 27 128482487 (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 111162343566985 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2199121581 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4169266652	55.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 90.6 Mixed 80.4 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.23 62% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 46.7 MC Mixed 35.9 115% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 98%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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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	326x
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	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 $90Bench 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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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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