MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160519
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '16 at 18:38
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 670 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.200.20.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Lighting 36.1 Reflection 34.5 Parallax 45.2 29% 38.6 fps	MRender 30.3 Gravity 33.6 Splatting 40.2 29% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FM-25S2S-120GBP2 120GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 111GB free Firmware: 3.1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2779855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 95726231132558 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 1 (AE) Unknown 0 0 181 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 129 545469300737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 2779855 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 22656 (EA) Unknown 0 0 49408 (F1) Unknown 0 0 49408 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33280	50% Above average	Read 215 Write 109 Mixed 125 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 17.4 104% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 30.3 42% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%
FM-25S2S-120GBP2 120GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 102 12174054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -23914377864816 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 558 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 169 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 1 129 545469300737 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 102 12174054 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23040 (EA) Unknown 0 0 49088 (F1) Unknown 0 0 49088 (F2) Unknown 0 0 33408	44% Average	Read 203 Write 81.1 Mixed 112 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 11.9 93% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 109 DQ Write 84.6 DQ Mixed 26.5 39% 73.4 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 55%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 147 9633 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 187 187 41699 (C2) HDA temperature 113 110 39 (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 0	77.1% Very good	Read 142 Write 127 Mixed 37.1 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 355 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.3 108% 37.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 100%

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Gaming 88%

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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	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