MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.4% 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	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	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 20:51
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 252 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 806 81% 656 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3304) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.8 89% 105 fps	MRender 95.8 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 98.6 80% 97 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 258GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 121 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3103 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 854 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193274708001 (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 100 100 6575 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10979497157 (F7) Unknown 100 100 343254713 (F8) Unknown 100 100 213858354	78.4% Very good	Read 478 Write 386 Mixed 440 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 22.2 80% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 207 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 52.2 93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4241 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2199 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 69 (AE) Unknown 100 100 627 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 53 201864708132 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 18814840334 (F7) Unknown 100 100 591811526 (F8) Unknown 100 100 57626328	84.4% Excellent	Read 502 Write 446 Mixed 489 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 25.6 88% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 60.3 91% 168 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5.5TB free Firmware: AR15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28332416 (03) Spinup time 90 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 58 12893999601 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 701 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 124 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 572063778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 110 99 28332416 (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 -78159814852319 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10632400467 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108517104
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 134 134 34387788204 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3465 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2447 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3465 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569740837 (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
Poor: 51% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 136 136 34387394982 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3490 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2448 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3493 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3493 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 188979740709 (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	85.2% Excellent	Read 177 Write 120 Mixed 138 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.31 115% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 107%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 47GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 134 Write 95.8 Mixed 96.9 133% 109 MB/s	4K Read 6.52 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 1.25 122% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 8,912 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 48.2 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.5 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 51.5 78% 51.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 125%

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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 $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