MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	85.5% 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	228% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	120.3 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '17 at 09:14
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 855 88% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,133 70% 1,133 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 119 Parallax 106 90% 112 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 85 77% 95 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 285GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,002 Write 561 Mixed 576 157% 713 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 23.3 4K Mixed 20.3 80% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 96.5 112% 197 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 291%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,968 Write 1,415 Mixed 1,484 360% 1,622 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 49.9 181% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 181 136% 172 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 93GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6425 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 864 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 381 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11712213245	104% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 412 Mixed 421 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 39.1 148% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 114 136% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 175 Mixed 160 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 4.38 4K Mixed 0.55 171% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 213%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 172 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5489 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 627 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11683 (C2) HDA temperature 115 87 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	56.8% Above average	Read 118 Write 79.7 Mixed 69.7 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C14 8x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 50.3 MC Write 61.7 MC Mixed 51.9 156% 54.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 161%

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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 $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 $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 $40Bench 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) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16