MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	40.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 101 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 604 62% 503 Pts	64-Core 882 55% 882 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 95.2 Parallax 101 78% 97.4 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 158GB free Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,614 Write 892 Mixed 1,201 342% 1,569 MB/s	4K Read 52 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 59 224% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 371 DQ Mixed 165 184% 311 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 236%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4666 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1132 (A5) Unknown 100 100 390230 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 99 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 46 227633987630 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 330 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 423 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13775544682 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11678151521	40.3% Average	Read 446 Write 168 Mixed 151 55% 255 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 7.55 38% 11.3 MB/s	DQ Read 38.4 DQ Write 14.1 DQ Mixed 2.06 8% 18.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 56%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 445GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 137 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4766 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9336 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3049 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 122 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4643 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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 41 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.3% Good	Read 121 Write 120 Mixed 77.4 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.35 92% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 69%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 411GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 180 5825 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6414 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1637 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95158 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	41% Average	Read 77.9 Write 65.1 Mixed 55.5 50% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.26 60% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G4D26AFEA.8FAD 4x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 51.8 MC Mixed 38.8 125% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 16.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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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	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	111x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	115x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	28x
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: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16