MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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	47.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	248% 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

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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 21:13
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 278 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 978 92% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,467 91% 1,467 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.3% Average	Lighting 47.7 Reflection 169 Parallax 175 39% 131 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 106 64% 73.9 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 888 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 299 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 71 64 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 300590509	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 403 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 65.7 4K Mixed 44.3 149% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 133 149% 255 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,235 Write 1,276 Mixed 1,402 361% 1,638 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 55.5 212% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 443 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 176 181% 300 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97217120 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 259151 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 880 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 298 (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 74 60 454230042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4853 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 64424509466 (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 -1116691496148 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4227372809 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1125651887	79.5% Very good	Read 143 Write 134 Mixed 137 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.18 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 123965448 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 2750943 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 886 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (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 74 56 471007258 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3209 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 64424509466 (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 11300058956602 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2889596755 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10385926645	103% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 175 Mixed 165 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$101 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 132 132 34388246962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 299 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 309 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 188979675166 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88% Excellent	Read 162 Write 145 Mixed 116 105% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.21 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3466C16 CMK16GX4M2B3466C16 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	126% Outstanding	MC Read 51.2 MC Write 53.9 MC Mixed 42.5 141% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 51.9 77% 51.9 ns
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%

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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 $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 $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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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