MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	216% 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	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 (13%). 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '18 at 23:41
Run Duration	347 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 196 84% 141 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 747 66% 559 Pts	64-Core 1,053 65% 1,053 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 151 Parallax 141 118% 146 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 140 Splatting 109 98% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,025 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,178 333% 1,509 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 27.5 157% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.1 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 160 130% 176 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 254%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 5.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 84 64 242138267 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 9632074 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -60262686125192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 521666590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 15338 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 110568 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 98784247838 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 84 64 242138267 (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 71021579208918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7287494612 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5295712876 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	99.1% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 139 Mixed 75.7 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 4.66 4K Mixed 0.6 304% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 60%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 5.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 173 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4265 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 882 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 466 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94162 (C2) HDA temperature 125 99 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	86.8% Excellent	Read 190 Write 110 Mixed 75.8 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 2.92 4K Write 4.61 4K Mixed 0.51 264% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 83%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 374 (03) Spinup time 184 179 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12381 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 879 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96635 (C2) HDA temperature 125 96 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 11	84% Excellent	Read 144 Write 149 Mixed 135 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1TB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 67 (03) Spinup time 140 137 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13082 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 6 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46165 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3528 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 812 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13061 (C2) HDA temperature 120 90 27 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 169 Mixed 166 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.05 4K Mixed 0.7 181% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 48%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 630 (03) Spinup time 160 153 5000 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9397 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6805 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 958 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9392 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 30 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 98 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	98.6% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 172 Mixed 173 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 3.73 4K Mixed 0.88 196% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 62%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 806GB free Firmware: JA0OA7J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1197 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 42932 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749151266 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	86.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 155 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.24 4K Mixed 0.33 120% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 5K1000 2.5" 1TB 129,581 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 806GB free Firmware: JA0OA7J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 180 180 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 439 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 401 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8576 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 176094511128 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	83% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 133 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.32 120% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 464GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243689599 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 31 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 210364828 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4888 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 73015558181 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 1615378776092 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 19 243689599 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 39438 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64875481041103 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2822264381 (F2) Unknown 100 253 937411054	68.8% Good	Read 117 Write 123 Mixed 97.6 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.63 132% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 70%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 36GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 124 Write 22.7 Mixed 28.8 55% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 1.03 116% 5.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x16GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 26.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 22 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 55.6 72% 55.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 83%

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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