MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	115% 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	202% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	21.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 19:59
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 939 88% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,367 85% 1,367 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 96.9% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 194 Parallax 208 116% 182 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 181 Splatting 142 124% 152 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1600 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 484 (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 59 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 947279589	86.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 371 Mixed 417 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 32.5 107% 33.8 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 101 110% 185 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,198 Mixed 1,221 332% 1,508 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 36 116% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 109 106% 170 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185400800 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8370307 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 483 (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 504954906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8520 (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 13486197310960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10571251526 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3481838560	88.3% Excellent	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 135 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.14 67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 163407608 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10030305 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1598 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 521732122 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6455 (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 5905580033535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4594772395 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20829466052	105% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 180 Mixed 169 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$98 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387853742 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (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 1601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 498 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 188979675165 (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	75.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 129 Mixed 122 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.24 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.4% 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	124% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 54.4 MC Mixed 42.9 139% 48.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 22.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 54.2 74% 54.2 ns
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 124% 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	328x
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 $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	117x
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 $90Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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