MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 96.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	107% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 11:07
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 531 8-Core 848 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$245 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 150 Parallax 128 113% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 135 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 643 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 199 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 60 58 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3935812786	107% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 414 Mixed 425 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 46.8 174% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 75.5 85% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 55GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4190 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1993 (B1) Unknown 96 96 137 (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 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 174 (F1) Unknown 99 99 30656742301	99.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 434 Mixed 502 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 28.5 143% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 78.8 99% 172 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 116%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 720908 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25810764338 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6325 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 114 114 38 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 858 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6661 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 266289152043 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 120 Write 127 Mixed 118 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 471GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1429 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1023 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1164 (C2) HDA temperature 109 103 34 (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	78.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 134 Mixed 106 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.26 88% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 227GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103345598 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 81869931863 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10302 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4367 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 25770278974 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 606339108 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 81604378660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 22 103345598 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 178 15987 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 97706211038854 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1211320786 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1619085597	45.8% Average	Read 84.9 Write 74.9 Mixed 73 58% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 2x8GB 49,673 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 80%

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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 $245Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16