MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	108% 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	261% 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '18 at 07:55
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 898 90% 731 Pts	64-Core 1,112 69% 1,112 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 151 Parallax 142 116% 145 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 135 Splatting 109 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% 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% 326GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,488 Write 1,367 Mixed 1,524 395% 1,793 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 49.3 194% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 483 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 152 186% 330 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 207GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9295 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1617 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 69 39 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 6 (EB) Unknown 99 99 402 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24370279625	104% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 410 Mixed 421 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 42.6 151% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 126 132% 220 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 89GB free Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2468025 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -6708738903518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2666 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 459 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 26 51 1009320656922 (C2) HDA temperature 26 51 1009320656922 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2468025 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2468025 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2468025 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19355 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17276 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17276 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12177	49% Average	Read 190 Write 151 Mixed 118 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 79.7 4K Mixed 12.9 87% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 43.8 65% 122 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 85%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 214 134 8266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 423 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5067 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 33 (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	82.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 151 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.28 113% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 100%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 200558312 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 342 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1478839 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2595 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (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 51 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1734 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55834574878 (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 -118626996713084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1301315914 (F2) Unknown 100 253 236646502525	94.7% Outstanding	Read 139 Write 190 Mixed 122 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.41 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 25.3 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

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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 $400Bench 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 $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 $176	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