MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '17 at 19:21
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 794 78% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,006 62% 1,006 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Palit(1569 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65% Good	Lighting 81.7 Reflection 74.2 Parallax 67.9 67% 74.6 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 69.3 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 178GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q 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 2953 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 688 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 58 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 57 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7669077964	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 401 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 48.7 180% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 120 144% 253 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^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 4726 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1204 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 375 (AE) Unknown 100 100 108 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504379936 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 88 88 12 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 72872487024 (F7) Unknown 100 100 174852445 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2549394912	91.7% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 324 Mixed 396 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 32.3 137% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 47.7 84% 162 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: CC43 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 78 64 77095997 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2582112 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (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 68 63 571801632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 32 18 77309411360 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 2 1 77095997 (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 128037270061279 (F1) Unknown 100 253 816769566 (F2) Unknown 100 253 830812906
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: CC46 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 116 100 100940112 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2399164 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (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 69 65 538247199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1815 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (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 68225555497136 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2980008124 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1824501926
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: CC43 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 78 64 66541016 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4350278 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 337 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (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 65 57 655753251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 35 17 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 66541016 (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 106373455020363 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2062131042 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1848219788
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 3TB free Firmware: CC43 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 78 64 68501639 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2441920 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (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 66 60 622133282 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 63 (C2) HDA temperature 34 18 77309411362 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 68501639 (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 71116068487391 (F1) Unknown 100 253 820203961 (F2) Unknown 100 253 836628665
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 465GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 124 124 12897026233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3641 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1195 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 3713 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 3713 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 163209347104 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	96.5% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 170 Mixed 161 125% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.22 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 54.9 MC Mixed 41.1 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.4 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 115%

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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 $78Bench 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: $744

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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