MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	116% 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	263% 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 14:58
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 836 81% 668 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 158 Parallax 149 129% 155 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 148 Splatting 115 104% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,281 Write 1,452 Mixed 1,639 396% 1,791 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 51 218% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 387 DQ Mixed 33.4 123% 271 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 283%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 183 3458 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 91 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 55 (C2) HDA temperature 106 105 41 (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	101% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 192 Mixed 178 133% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 3.22 4K Mixed 0.43 152% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 748GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 132 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 592 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 556 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 15 15 556323 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 93.2 Mixed 72.1 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.23 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 59%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 37GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 42.1 Mixed 45.1 58% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.22 51% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 35.6 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.8 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.9 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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