MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	96.6% 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	193% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	61.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 17:31
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2696 v3 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 18 cores, 36 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	56.1% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 109 59% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 399 32% 284 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 83%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 141 Parallax 138 98% 133 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 105 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 812GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,843 Write 1,419 Mixed 1,297 337% 1,520 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 33.4 4K Mixed 22.2 85% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 73.7 78% 131 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 65 219466482 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1455 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 19362975 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 38899518802424 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (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 61 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6924 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (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 119683558670714 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1661356692 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2010196863	89.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 147 Mixed 115 106% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 105%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1.5TB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 65539 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790185781 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36804 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 7195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 7195 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454839330 (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	69.3% Good	Read 119 Write 122 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.43 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x8GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 31.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.3 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 127%

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Gaming 88%

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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	325x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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 $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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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