MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	125% 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	56GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 56GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	49.5 GB free of 56 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	17.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 13:20
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 735 76% 609 Pts	64-Core 972 60% 972 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.9% 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: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 194 Parallax 177 148% 184 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 180 Splatting 126 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15832 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 560 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 85 85 447 (AE) Unknown 99 99 92 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 900 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 46 18 54 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 114632 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21816 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9319	125% Outstanding	Read 769 Write 652 Mixed 709 158% 710 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28 142% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 96.7 124% 220 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 220%
Kingston SSDNow V+200 240GB-$193 568 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 85GB free Firmware: 507KC4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 116 130613845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 6871947698105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 246 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 73 1017912033310 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 130613845 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 130613845 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 130613845 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12491 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12892 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12892 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8941	52.4% Above average	Read 197 Write 168 Mixed 150 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 16.4 94% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 33.8 58% 111 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 91%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 75GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14748 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 525 (B1) Unknown 94 94 218 (B2) Unknown 90 90 250 (B3) Unknown 91 91 455 (B4) Unknown 91 91 4793 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	140% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 788 Mixed 809 190% 856 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 38.4 154% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 233 DQ Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 160%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 227475935 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 237 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 45771958 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 -130682969904015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 149 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 54 46 891748398 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 372 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1087 (C2) HDA temperature 46 54 81604378670 (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 130317897706411 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8915831876 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1590663471	74.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 112 Mixed 110 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.24 56% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1.5TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 163 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1857 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1032536 (C2) HDA temperature 113 103 37 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 106 Write 88.2 Mixed 107 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 67%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 852GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 94037974 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 242 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 76058942 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 73001559141514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 55 47 874971181 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2717 (C2) HDA temperature 45 53 77309411373 (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 -132465381332003 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11524380468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19116313772	66% Good	Read 135 Write 95.3 Mixed 108 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.23 52% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 347GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2706 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1224 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 133 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2370604 (C2) HDA temperature 108 97 39 (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	61.7% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 96.8 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 84%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 81GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145099216 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1249 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 3169504 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 57 44 52397604907 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8795 (C2) HDA temperature 43 56 73014444075 (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 26645977117431 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12218949531 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3656903704	42.4% Average	Read 69.9 Write 78.1 Mixed 72.7 55% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.26 67% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + + + 56GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 16384, 8192, 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	114% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 50.7 MC Mixed 41.4 128% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 119%

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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	328x
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 $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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