MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	258% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 257 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 840 84% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,036 64% 1,036 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3604) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 205 Parallax 207 147% 197 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 175 Splatting 124 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,410 Write 1,179 Mixed 1,327 360% 1,639 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 39.7 207% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 976 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 227 275% 501 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 919GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 67 (03) Spinup time 125 125 12896895160 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 108 108 37 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 827 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 827 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274249250 (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	110% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 197 Mixed 53.3 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.18 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 256GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 63 237883615 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 186820444 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 369 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 65535 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 656146468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 714 (C2) HDA temperature 36 11 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 237883615 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 146 74016 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 43619687867150 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24021551572 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28087609279	69.6% Good	Read 136 Write 107 Mixed 19 63% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 925GB free, PID a00a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 94.8 Write 107 Mixed 22.1 90% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%

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 (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 41.4 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 22.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 50.6 79% 50.6 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% 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 $134	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