MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	132% 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	170% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 15:04
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 746 74% 602 Pts	64-Core 946 59% 946 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 209 Parallax 185 150% 193 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 182 Splatting 130 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 381GB free Firmware: 0AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 100 100 410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 461 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 505 (94) Unknown 100 100 23776 (95) Unknown 100 100 362 (96) Unknown 100 100 175 (97) Unknown 100 100 321 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10468 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 129 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39729104289821 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80458 (F2) Unknown 100 100 207554 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123653 (F6) Unknown 100 100 95104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	64.4% Good	Read 370 Write 249 Mixed 236 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 16.2 85% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 45.6 79% 157 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,969 Write 540 Mixed 954 251% 1,154 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 41.6 168% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 24.4 52% 107 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 510GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186833415 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 180521524613 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1485 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 1900579 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555221025 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 19 186833415 (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 -60198261586985 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1479268518 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3011971230	67% Good	Read 126 Write 107 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.38 93% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 68%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 1,935 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 30.4 Write 8.62 Mixed 12.7 18% 17.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.94 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 22% 1.98 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 31 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 20.8 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.3 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 138%

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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 $78Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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