MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	267% 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '17 at 11:04
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 762 75% 616 Pts	64-Core 961 60% 961 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 206 Parallax 199 150% 196 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 176 Splatting 126 117% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,071 Write 1,577 Mixed 1,537 384% 1,728 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 67.3 234% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 183 182% 294 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 353%
Sandisk SD8SN8U256G1122 256GB 2,469 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 20GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7157 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 721 (A5) Unknown 100 100 360902166170 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 37 (A8) Unknown 100 100 47 (A9) Unknown 100 100 230 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 19 (AE) Unknown 100 100 477 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 65 279174447144 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4750272037970 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4940 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8133 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6453 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5093 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	107% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 457 Mixed 437 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 30.6 154% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 59.2 107% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 98%
USB3.0 1TB 425 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 411GB free Firmware: 0101 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 144 Mixed 130 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD824A.C16FBD 4x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 20.4 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 22.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 117%

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Gaming 88%

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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	329x
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	117x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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