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 above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	199% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '16 at 23:39
Run Duration	399 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 236 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 730 73% 592 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3235) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6869 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 223GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1379 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 718 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1241 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327706 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 365 (C2) HDA temperature 67 54 197569478689 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2329 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1974 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3002 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5 (F5) Unknown 100 100 26 (F6) Unknown 100 100 723392	92% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 504 Mixed 512 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 76.5 4K Mixed 13.1 96% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 14 86% 197 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 110%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 912 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 525 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 27 (AE) Unknown 99 99 90 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1002 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 49 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 6912 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2068 (F2) Unknown 99 99 2535	199% Outstanding	Read 1,913 Write 980 Mixed 1,242 304% 1,379 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 35.1 164% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 130 148% 252 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 220%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 814GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 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 100 100 3 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 76 68 7415 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3317 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8385 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2234 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 62 163209216028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 141 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 183 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3958	82.8% Excellent	Read 133 Write 156 Mixed 125 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.64 145% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 75%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 1,435 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 13.6 Write 2.26 Mixed 3.35 6% 6.41 MB/s	4K Read 6.04 67% 6.04 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3333 C16 4x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3333 MHz clocked @ 3334 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 44.6 MC Write 58.3 MC Mixed 43.1 139% 48.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 22.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%

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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	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 $40Bench 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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16