MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 143% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 151% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	146% 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	111% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (11%). 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	60.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 06:43
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 135 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 1069 95% 804 Pts	64-Core 1,727 107% 1,727 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 202 Parallax 188 180% 204 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 122 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 439GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 384 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 29 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 63 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 127875705	115% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 420 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 48.2 178% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 132 147% 252 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 386 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 31 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 612132440	111% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 412 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 47.1 170% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 122 134% 229 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate ST8000DM005-2EH1 8TB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 7TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 216239701 (03) Spinup time 89 83 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 77 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 942689874 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -67405216739722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 377 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8903 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 216239701 (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 98032628534697 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4337226177 (F2) Unknown 100 253 14066659701
Poor: 22% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3000 C16 Series 4x16GB 166 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	137% Outstanding	MC Read 58.4 MC Write 57.3 MC Mixed 46.9 155% 54.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.1 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 137%

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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	326x
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	173x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	116x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	29x
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: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16