MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20)

Performance Results


Gaming 100% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	105% 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	204% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A20
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING PRO CARBON (MS-7A20) (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160914
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 15 '17 at 16:08
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 118 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 754 74% 609 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 147 Parallax 126 111% 137 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 417GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5054 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1501 (A8) Unknown 100 100 57986718 (AA) Unknown 100 100 425 (AD) Unknown 100 100 917532 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13932	68.9% Good	Read 508 Write 337 Mixed 355 89% 400 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 10.3 82% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 43.8 51% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 101%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,557 Write 937 Mixed 1,070 263% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 58.5 215% 86.9 MB/s	DQ Read 446 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 140 176% 314 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 207%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 645GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 56950344 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 112506325 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18967 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 133 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 -3538616278 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22267 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 47244640298 (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 -123656403405520 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33469604583 (F2) Unknown 100 253 193820380187
Poor: 48% Great: 112%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 645GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90039856 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 433 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 61817521 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 44 245602975787 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19930 (C2) HDA temperature 43 56 42949673003 (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 38482906980229 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31383382077 (F2) Unknown 100 253 613229719696
Poor: 48% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 3x4GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 33.6 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 100%

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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	326x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	179x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x

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Value: 114% - Outstanding

Total price: $564

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16