MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	174% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 10:47
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 614 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 819 51% 819 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 963 Mixed 940 254% 1,148 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 31.8 123% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 17.5 106% 243 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 170%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4TB free Firmware: CC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 88 8037000 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 17374758000 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 197 (BC) Unknown 100 97 17180131343 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 46 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 895 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5333 (C2) HDA temperature 31 54 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 8037000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127543348823308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24257767317 (F2) Unknown 100 253 90311924108
Poor: 34% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4238392 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 51785506471 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2264 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 97 52 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 488046621 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 34359738397 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 4238392 (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 129342940141499 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2419747535 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3935865553	69.1% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.81 141% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2666 C15 8x4GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.5 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 39.2 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 137%

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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	326x
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	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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 71% - Very good

Total price: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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