MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	136% 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	62% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 06:15
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 777 79% 640 Pts	64-Core 995 62% 995 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 4471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 190 Reflection 213 Parallax 212 155% 205 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 194 Splatting 137 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$123 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2825 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 975 (B1) Unknown 98 1 25 (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 70 51 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 274 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43103873410	101% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 413 Mixed 428 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 31.8 143% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 120 131% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 133%
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77 2,710 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 771GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 846 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 348 (A5) Unknown 100 100 13107359 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 818 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 107 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 79 339303923777 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193275363373 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1972 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3468 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3143 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3219 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	62% Good	Read 454 Write 195 Mixed 244 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 15 79% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 39.3 70% 142 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 108%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 386GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3059 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1111 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 134 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8034691927	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 408 Mixed 419 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 33.1 151% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 124 140% 240 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15 4x8GB 3,586 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 49 MC Mixed 36.4 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%

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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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	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