MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	134% 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	227% 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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 21:47
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 94 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 829 83% 676 Pts	64-Core 1,030 64% 1,030 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Lighting 188 Reflection 209 Parallax 200 154% 199 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 184 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 380GB free Firmware: 0AA 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 435 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 49 (A3) Unknown 100 100 505 (94) Unknown 100 100 24768 (95) Unknown 100 100 378 (96) Unknown 100 100 201 (97) Unknown 100 100 334 (A4) Unknown 100 100 10458 (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 100 100 145 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39724792545309 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 81614 (F2) Unknown 100 100 216689 (F5) Unknown 100 100 123535 (F6) Unknown 100 100 99072 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	65.7% Good	Read 394 Write 236 Mixed 241 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 55.6 4K Mixed 22.8 105% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 31.9 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 40.9 46% 73.6 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 95%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 1,303 Mixed 1,519 359% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 34.6 208% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 35.8 53% 93.2 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 501GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117775295 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 223471778807 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27750 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1599 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 2621486 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555810849 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 19 117775295 (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 -104595338524895 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1023595705 (F2) Unknown 100 253 270473215	61.5% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 101 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.59 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 68%

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 @ 3000 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.5% 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 $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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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