MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	327% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	30.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 09:30
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 141 2-Core 280 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 561 8-Core 935 91% 748 Pts	64-Core 1,118 69% 1,118 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 99% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 109 Splatting 105 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 21,542 User benchmarks, average bench 238% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	327% Outstanding	Read 2,982 Write 1,594 Mixed 1,766 466% 2,114 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 183 4K Mixed 74.9 277% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 591 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 233 263% 447 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 327% Great: 306%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 144GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17682 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2886 (B1) Unknown 95 95 174 (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 67 52 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 61756316029	107% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 438 Mixed 505 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 28.3 150% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 79.7 134% 260 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 211814144 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 953 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2389406 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (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 70 59 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6606 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 64424509470 (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 -102404905237945 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3650974610 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6974394830	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 171 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3466C16 4x8GB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	149% Outstanding	MC Read 54.5 MC Write 67.6 MC Mixed 53.6 167% 58.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 46.4 86% 46.4 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 142%

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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	327x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	174x
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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16