MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 108% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	114% 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	220% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '17 at 00:13
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 248 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 978 87% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,218 75% 1,218 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 154 Parallax 132 127% 147 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 141 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 2,150 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,200 347% 1,574 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 24.3 121% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 142 157% 265 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 181GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4619 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 892 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 71 50 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 3763 (EB) Unknown 99 99 242 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12352754606	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 411 Mixed 425 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 41.6 149% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 127 148% 257 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 117GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4089 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 728 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 73 57 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 24 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7859360719	110% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 494 Mixed 511 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 85.5 4K Mixed 38.3 141% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 168 176% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 124%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2.5TB free Firmware: ACF0 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 140 140 67 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34388509087 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 128 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 487 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 128 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 176094445606 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 186 Mixed 166 137% 182 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.22 113% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 514GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 66 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388246966 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 794 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2834 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 414 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 794 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 794 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176094445604 (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 8	65.9% Good	Read 126 Write 103 Mixed 105 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.24 109% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 145GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 129500072 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130911513 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 939 (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 51 572522528 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14356 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 8589934624 (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 139496242811530 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19953537790 (F2) Unknown 100 253 352745323882	68.6% Good	Read 134 Write 105 Mixed 104 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 53.7 MC Write 57.4 MC Mixed 46.6 150% 52.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.6 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 138%

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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 $184	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