MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.7% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '16 at 20:22
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 794 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60% Good	Lighting 75.3 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 71.6 61% 76.1 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 63.9 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3160 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (AA) Unknown 100 100 360 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262161 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 24 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2248	83.7% Excellent	Read 519 Write 350 Mixed 350 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 72.6 4K Mixed 10.3 102% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 47.5 101% 210 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 101%
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 40GB free Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^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 100 100 997 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 445 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 196 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 100 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 57836 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 96 (E7) Temperature 100 100 33 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 39 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6507 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2376	80.3% Excellent	Read 509 Write 298 Mixed 374 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 22.5 131% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 22 32% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2666C16 32GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 45.8 MC Write 61.1 MC Mixed 47.2 147% 51.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 23.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%

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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 $195Bench 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 $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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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16