MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.9% 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	91.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 22:28
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 792 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 122 Parallax 115 91% 116 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 673GB free Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^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 1416 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 67 141734969368 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 337262469 (F7) Unknown 100 100 10555305 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1203453 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3559 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 480 Write 331 Mixed 333 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 65.1 4K Mixed 23.3 103% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 43.2 74% 148 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 104%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 271GB free Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27243 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 156 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 80 62 20 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 36 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15127254712	87.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 343 Mixed 276 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 23.9 122% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 65.4 92% 173 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 126%
Seagate 600 240GB-$215 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 26077 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 21 0 60133408789 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 13 (EA) Unknown 100 100 183025 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10958 (F2) Unknown 100 100 10348 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	91.5% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 448 Mixed 288 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 25.4 111% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 78 103% 186 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 103%
WD Blue 400GB (2007)-$42 1,778 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 275GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7375 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3108 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7375 (C2) HDA temperature 135 113 15 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.6% Below average	Read 61.4 Write 58.7 Mixed 51.8 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDT722516DLA380 165GB-$32 1,600 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 113GB free Firmware: V43OA80A Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 110 110 25790775612 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9463 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 57854 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3342 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 11427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 11427 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 223339085843 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 53.1 Mixed 47.8 39% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3466 C16 4x4GB 281 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3466 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	122% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 56.4 MC Mixed 41.9 135% 47.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 121%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16