MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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	53.8% 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	103% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 04:51
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 872 89% 720 Pts	64-Core 1,120 69% 1,120 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.8% Above average	Lighting 54.8 Reflection 61.8 Parallax 96.9 45% 71.2 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 94.9 Splatting 87.9 72% 86.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 363GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 919 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 317 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 72 52 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 127 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2998208184	126% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 500 Mixed 509 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.4 195% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 133 156% 269 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9486 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1364 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 452 (EB) Unknown 99 99 249 (F1) Unknown 99 99 33080861379	103% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 496 Mixed 514 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 27 147% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 26.8 66% 130 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 179 5991 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2366 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 172 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6464 (C2) HDA temperature 128 113 22 (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	81.6% Excellent	Read 140 Write 144 Mixed 137 106% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.21 111% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4475 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 860 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 156 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22898 (C2) HDA temperature 128 108 22 (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	83% Excellent	Read 150 Write 139 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.26 112% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 169 6050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4628 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 961 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 23315 (C2) HDA temperature 127 105 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	72.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 126 Mixed 131 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 166 6291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 83259 (C2) HDA temperature 126 98 24 (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	74.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 119 Mixed 108 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.24 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 671GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 169 6108 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2228 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 427 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 104 104 290174 (C2) HDA temperature 126 99 24 (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	64.5% Good	Read 130 Write 94.9 Mixed 123 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.15 81% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 38 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 27.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 102%

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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	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 $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 $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