MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	262% 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 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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 09:31
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 721 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 206 Parallax 205 130% 190 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 183 Splatting 126 118% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 157GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13317 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1559 (B1) Unknown 92 92 266 (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 76 57 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 49 (EB) Unknown 99 99 454 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39286256312	101% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 457 Mixed 510 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 26.9 126% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 20.4 105% 238 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	262% Outstanding	Read 2,760 Write 1,245 Mixed 1,495 402% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 36.9 203% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 137 160% 279 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 262% Great: 236%
WD WD30EURX 3TB-$141 1,455 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 177 5458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 564 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 464 (C2) HDA temperature 126 111 24 (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	78.3% Very good	Read 134 Write 140 Mixed 132 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 85% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 273GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 231909616 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4761 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8738438649 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2203 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032869 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 51 421068825 (C2) HDA temperature 25 49 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 27 231909616 (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 -4612794854641 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1290024040 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2360654497	53.4% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 91.9 Mixed 79.8 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.37 79% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB-$90 9,857 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 46.6 MC Mixed 35.7 114% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 98%

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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	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 $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 $295	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