MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). 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	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 01:38
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 859 85% 696 Pts	64-Core 1,091 68% 1,091 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 150 Parallax 131 102% 135 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 125 Splatting 110 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,580 Write 1,317 Mixed 1,444 392% 1,780 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 29.4 114% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 410 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 136 162% 285 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 332GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6617 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1271 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 70 42 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 328 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17381793162	95.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 411 Mixed 418 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 37.8 122% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 109 122% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 82GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 20031727478699 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2320 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 382 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 47 1009320394777 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 1009320394777 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17093 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14864 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14864 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11958	44.3% Average	Read 180 Write 152 Mixed 149 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 12.4 72% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 145 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 39.1 62% 116 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 134 11425 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5146 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2290 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4798 (C2) HDA temperature 123 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 153 Mixed 151 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 3.09 4K Mixed 0.33 116% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	MC Read 36.6 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.5 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 80%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) - $223

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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