MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	189% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 26 '17 at 20:41
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 930 89% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,408 87% 1,408 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$1,438 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 197 Parallax 170 136% 178 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 166 Splatting 132 115% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 325GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1601 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 955168717	98.7% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 377 Mixed 417 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 40.4 137% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 120 135% 233 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,592 Write 1,090 Mixed 1,285 294% 1,323 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 43.2 149% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 147 148% 242 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 187950968 (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 8371836 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1593 (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 73 60 504954907 (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 27 40 64424509467 (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 -13022340839951 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10573718626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3483520434	81.6% Excellent	Read 160 Write 125 Mixed 130 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166551440 (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 10032369 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1599 (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 72 56 521732124 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6457 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 64424509468 (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 -23094039149056 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4597549323 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20831408962	99.5% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 166 Mixed 165 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$107 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^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 1602 (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 193 193 188979675167 (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	55% Above average	Read 113 Write 78.8 Mixed 91.7 71% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.14 42% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55% 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	127% Outstanding	MC Read 51.1 MC Write 55.6 MC Mixed 43.4 143% 50 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 127% 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	332x
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	177x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	117x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 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: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

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