MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	99.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 752 70% 584 Pts	64-Core 1,052 65% 1,052 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% EVGA(3842 6162) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 69.8 Parallax 61.2 57% 66.9 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 67.1 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5961 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1004 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (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 63 43 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 87 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18368711672	99.2% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 404 Mixed 413 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 37.7 136% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 19 85% 193 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 134%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 114984716 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 57 34403223750 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1116 (B7) Unknown 92 92 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 131091 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 51 554631201 (C2) HDA temperature 33 49 51539607585 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 22 114984716 (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 33049773372995 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1897349794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1245108235	55.2% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 93.7 Mixed 89.5 71% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 675GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 124 124 25789727025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2545 (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 3609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 383 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3396 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3396 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 210454446114 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 133 Mixed 111 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 92% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 198GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5182 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 30 30 51290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1964 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 488 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5283 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	37.3% Below average	Read 66.9 Write 62.6 Mixed 64.7 49% 64.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.44 119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	114% Outstanding	MC Read 48.9 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 41.5 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 22.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 115%

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Gaming 88%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 88%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 79%

Battleship

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