MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 129% UFO


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 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	145% 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	218% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	61.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 15:58
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 539 8-Core 866 86% 703 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Lighting 215 Reflection 187 Parallax 193 175% 198 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 796GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1802 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2297 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 130 (A3) Unknown 100 100 69 (A4) Unknown 100 100 52328 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 88508 (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 100 100 32 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 442346 (F2) Unknown 100 100 549733 (F5) Unknown 100 100 837248	92.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 427 Mixed 469 105% 470 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 88 4K Mixed 31.2 122% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 71.8 89% 156 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 108%
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 217GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,894 Write 1,260 Mixed 1,408 337% 1,521 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 32.7 157% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 169 191% 327 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 247%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 2BC10004 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 47 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 85 4521 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7229 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10300 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2553 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 206159347743 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 128 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 196688	47.8% Average	Read 107 Write 59.5 Mixed 63.2 57% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 862GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 58892478 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1300 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7089084 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (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 71 64 504627229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1306 (C2) HDA temperature 29 13 55834574877 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 58892478 (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 -77841987270524 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2952404765 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1759483095	101% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 162 Mixed 153 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 696 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4TB free, PID 331a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 158 Write 88.4 Mixed 81.1 126% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 7.57 4K Mixed 0.61 281% 3.01 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x16GB 3,127 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (93^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	124% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 56.1 MC Mixed 44.5 138% 48.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 130%

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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	327x
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 $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 $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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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