MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	85.2% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 02:51
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 1,069 96% 811 Pts	64-Core 1,752 108% 1,752 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 645GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18355 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 397 (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 57 35 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35064828133	81.3% Excellent	Read 513 Write 410 Mixed 425 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 23.9 97% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 21869 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 698 (B1) Unknown 97 97 48 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 49 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 49577212698	85.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 400 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 29.7 113% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 94 85% 122 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 102GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 2,146 Write 1,225 Mixed 1,294 343% 1,555 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 27.6 107% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 136 114% 156 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 216704499 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1623 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 295014073 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 69329362097226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (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 66 57 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1082 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54144 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 94489280546 (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 81939386075507 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33275627869 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6346982220	96.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 172 Mixed 132 117% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 54 MC Write 56.5 MC Mixed 42.1 145% 50.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 101%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 788 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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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	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	173x
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 $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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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