MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '17 at 00:28
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 275 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 892 86% 706 Pts	64-Core 1,084 67% 1,084 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2515 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 159 Parallax 137 122% 149 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 142 Splatting 114 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,784 Write 819 Mixed 1,102 272% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 248 4K Mixed 53.4 281% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 880 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 191 247% 459 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 315GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 10592464 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46218600 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 731 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 61 404029464 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 83 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4829 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 42949672984 (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 140363826203480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12506447630 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39557456979	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 182 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	73.7% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 20.8 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 20.2 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 83%

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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 $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 $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 $290	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