MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	259% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	58.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '16 at 00:00
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 745 74% 605 Pts	64-Core 920 57% 920 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% MSI(1462 2980) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.5% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 52.2 Parallax 65.7 49% 59.3 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 49.5 45% 55.9 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 465GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 12 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1 (F1) Unknown 99 99 37328500	113% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 45.7 173% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 125 144% 248 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 423GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 1,432 Mixed 1,524 384% 1,734 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 52.9 212% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 409 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 182 193% 320 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 379GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1269 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 259 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 68 64 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 649820001	110% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 410 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 44 166% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 110 134% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 734GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153067384 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18356 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36787619 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 6726 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 49 488177693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 60129542173 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 20 153067384 (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 -62277025761911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 208150727 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1342502999	56.2% Above average	Read 97 Write 98.8 Mixed 98.4 74% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.52 105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 21.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 135%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $179	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