MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.9% 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	226% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 16:58
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 217 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 669 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 811 50% 811 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.9% Excellent	Lighting 98.2 Reflection 122 Parallax 127 80% 116 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 128 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,104 Write 1,684 Mixed 1,650 403% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 25.2 119% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.7 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 132 86% 96.5 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 353%
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 44GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 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 95 95 3002534 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -100175817196233 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1219 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 190 (B1) Unknown 0 0 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 34362556445 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3002534 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3002534 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3002534 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30611 (EA) Unknown 0 0 25321 (F1) Unknown 0 0 25321 (F2) Unknown 0 0 25773	48.3% Average	Read 385 Write 97.3 Mixed 150 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 76.6 4K Mixed 13 78% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 73.5 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 25.1 38% 71.5 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 80%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 413GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 170 7825 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 143 143 173843 (C2) HDA temperature 123 111 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	59.3% Above average	Read 120 Write 86.7 Mixed 83.8 72% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 295GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 180 164 7975 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6135 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 136 136 192907 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 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 1	50.8% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 85.6 Mixed 73.5 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.2 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 138 181% 140 MB/s	4K Read 2.53 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.28 92% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 81%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.0 128GB-$60 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 119GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 250 Write 208 Mixed 185 266% 214 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 11.4 4K Mixed 5.09 606% 9.56 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 11.7 DQ Mixed 5.28 624% 9.96 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 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	69.4% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 20.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 87%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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	110x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	172x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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