MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.7% 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	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '16 at 11:39
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 124 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 774 78% 633 Pts	64-Core 963 60% 963 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E282) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.300.2511.1003 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 60.9 Parallax 82.5 56% 70.8 fps	MRender 60.1 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 76.7 55% 65.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 733GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1179659 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 49 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1087 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 62 266289545249 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 158 (EA) Unknown 100 100 236 (F1) Unknown 253 253 214 (F2) Unknown 253 253 55 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.8% Very good	Read 462 Write 199 Mixed 238 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 72.7 4K Mixed 11.8 105% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 41.3 96% 203 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131933776 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2167 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4621127893 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572653602 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2169 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 42949672994 (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 106910325942012 (F1) Unknown 100 253 136170709703094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67627081433684	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 175 Mixed 145 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$92 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	124% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 57.5 MC Mixed 44.1 139% 48.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 21.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 113%

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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	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: $769

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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