MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.4% 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	238% 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	61.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 08 '17 at 07:22
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 799 78% 642 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% PwrHis(1787 2316) 3GB CLim: 880 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 28.4 Parallax 48.5 32% 38.7 fps	MRender 27.2 Gravity 36.6 Splatting 35.1 27% 33 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 360GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,571 Write 1,371 Mixed 1,556 404% 1,833 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 23.8 164% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 25 39% 70 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 254%
Mushkin ECO3 240GB-$99 848 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 223GB free Firmware: O1126A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 152 (A3) Unknown 100 100 17 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1825 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7297 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7260 (F5) Unknown 100 100 7300	73.5% Very good	Read 483 Write 255 Mixed 271 74% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 25.1 99% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 47.4 74% 143 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 99%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^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 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (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 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 133145493535 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 191 Mixed 176 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.19 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^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 34359738368 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4 (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 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 133145493535 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	107% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 184 Mixed 168 135% 180 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.18 95% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 107%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 144 Mixed 115 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.62 146% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$143 14,506 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	MC Read 46.7 MC Write 63.2 MC Mixed 49.5 152% 53.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.5 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 135%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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