MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	131% 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	81.4% 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	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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 04:40
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 695 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 857 53% 857 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 207 Parallax 184 148% 191 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 180 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 480GB-$70 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1195 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 208	81.4% Excellent	Read 514 Write 502 Mixed 506 114% 507 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 11.8 80% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.4 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 16.9 56% 113 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 113%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 7983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 100 (C2) HDA temperature 123 115 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 151 Mixed 149 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.45 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 101%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 100 6018024 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 54028 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (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 72 64 588644380 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 90194313244 (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 93462783328262 (F1) Unknown 100 253 885774954 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6247044	94.9% Outstanding	Read 128 Write 202 Mixed 164 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.89 230% 2.34 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 29 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 21.5 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 101%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 789 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

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Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 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: 100% - Outstanding

Total price: $614

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16