MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 97.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	256% 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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 06:35
Run Duration	443 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 134 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 861 86% 699 Pts	64-Core 1,032 64% 1,032 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% EVGA(3842 2631) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.9 Reflection 5.62 Parallax 0.34 4% 3.62 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 4.87 Splatting 3.48 4% 4.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 214GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37850 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1238 (B1) Unknown 94 94 207 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31568946365	94.3% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 439 Mixed 502 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 23.1 114% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 73.9 117% 223 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 116%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 214GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 37858 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1238 (B1) Unknown 94 94 210 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 99 99 1 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 60 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 185 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32070371180	94.2% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 443 Mixed 506 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 22.6 114% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 73.5 116% 221 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,445 Write 1,357 Mixed 1,456 386% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 48.6 192% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 383 DQ Mixed 26.6 114% 252 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 302%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	99% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 169 Mixed 160 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.34 108% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 189853472 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4372801672 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37698 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 17685151774 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 11 11 178460 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 -140737488355298 (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 82132659608512 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16834229326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 66430289976	93.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 159 Mixed 141 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.33 107% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 112%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 1,002 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	4.81% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 3.72 Mixed 3.52 8% 8.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 19% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.81% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3600 C16 Series 2x8GB 590 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3600 MHz clocked @ 2600 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.4% Very good	MC Read 33 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 121%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

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	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 $40Bench 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