MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	89.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	224% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 16:40
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 813 80% 654 Pts	64-Core 1,026 64% 1,026 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1620 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 111 94% 116 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 108 Splatting 88.4 80% 99.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 816GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 6616 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3001 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 331 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2669 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (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	13.8% Very poor	Read 160 Write 112 Mixed 114 28% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.19 2% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 127%
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$69 12,601 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 252GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,399 Mixed 1,504 363% 1,636 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 33.7 174% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 42.2 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 32.3 60% 111 MB/s
Poor: 136% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 262%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 116GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4241 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1767 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (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 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 153 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7397829752	90.9% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 24.4 143% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 90.9 DQ Mixed 23.7 30% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 124%
WD WD2003FZEX-00Z4SA0 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 140 11500 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3798 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6521 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2708 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 309 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3488 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 37 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 144 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 0.26 121% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4A2666C16 8x8GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 44.1 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 128%

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Typical X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) Builds (Compare 797 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	332x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	113x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	177x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	117x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	84x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	40x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $330Bench 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 $39Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $661

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $153
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363