MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	113% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 870 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,103 68% 1,103 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EB) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 186 Parallax 177 141% 179 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 173 Splatting 125 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 153GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1,441 Mixed 1,527 387% 1,749 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 58.3 222% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 207 213% 352 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8505 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 802 (B1) Unknown 97 97 61 (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 53 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 97 (F1) Unknown 99 99 51340402340	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 406 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 88.7 4K Mixed 47.4 175% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 117 140% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: 5.2.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5319734 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -47382079198051 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 619 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5319734 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5319734 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5319734 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9124 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8911 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8911 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20878	87% Excellent	Read 496 Write 256 Mixed 314 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 24.8 139% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 82.5 106% 190 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	128% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 58.4 MC Mixed 46.5 143% 49.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 120%

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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	110x

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: $769

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) $35	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