MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 96%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	203% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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	60 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	14 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 22:50
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 822 84% 679 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 151 Parallax 149 119% 149 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 147 Splatting 114 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% 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% 340GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	203% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1,282 Mixed 1,265 340% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 22.1 117% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 69.3 DQ Mixed 51 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 203% Great: 283%
WD Purple 3TB (2014)-$85 6,631 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 817 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 419 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 66 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 475 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 34 (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	77.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 139 Mixed 124 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 85%
WD My Book 25DA 8TB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 124GB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	39% Below average	Read 89.1 Write 92.2 Mixed 91.1 118% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.47 83% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 41.7 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 23.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 149%

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Gaming 88%

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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 $195Bench 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 $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 $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16