MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 97.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.1% 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	185% 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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 22:02
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 944 88% 736 Pts	64-Core 1,420 88% 1,420 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.65 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.8 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 61.8 48% 59.1 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 229GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3255 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 691 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6339985276	103% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 412 Mixed 416 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 42.8 146% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 121 130% 219 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 192GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,494 Write 858 Mixed 1,151 258% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.5 194% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 149 152% 252 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 118517456 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 764 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 12205347 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 690 (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 60 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 21226 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (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 113400021519458 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12282209039 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5126773079	86.8% Excellent	Read 157 Write 146 Mixed 146 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 53793680 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 735 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41864347 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 692 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521404447 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17084 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 64424509471 (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 89932320214131 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8467758329 (F2) Unknown 100 253 139685673841	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 167 Mixed 171 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.15 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387984817 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 704 (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 3256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 705 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 705 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 188979675169 (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 155 Write 132 Mixed 116 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.21 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M2B3466C16 CMK16GX4M2B3466C16 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	126% Outstanding	MC Read 50.7 MC Write 53.7 MC Mixed 42.8 140% 49.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 129%

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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 $45Bench 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 $179	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) $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