MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% 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	254% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$400 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 135 2-Core 272 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 545 8-Core 1,007 93% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,415 88% 1,415 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 157 Reflection 197 Parallax 186 128% 180 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 184 Splatting 128 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,522 Write 1,238 Mixed 1,463 383% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 43.4 186% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 549 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 165 209% 376 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 57GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4154939 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 -96542274860613 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3057 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 66 38659031074 (C2) HDA temperature 34 66 38659031074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4154939 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4154939 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4154939 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 27385 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12245 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12245 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7749	61.7% Good	Read 511 Write 150 Mixed 197 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 17.1 88% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 44.9 59% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 35GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^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 4348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (64) Unknown 100 100 4485216 (65) Unknown 100 100 774784 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1021 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 1347 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1368 (B7) Unknown 99 99 18 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 201864577058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7775 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4256 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6429 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5238 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 484 Write 262 Mixed 267 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 10.5 65% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 23.6 48% 99.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 541GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87975680 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135289763 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2018 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 49 9246801959 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41930 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 -140737488355289 (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 -62126701930066 (F1) Unknown 100 253 38276700249 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44340516200	94.2% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 178 Mixed 157 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.34 88% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 50.9 MC Write 45.4 MC Mixed 41.6 131% 46 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 25.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 120%

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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 $499Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $661

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