MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% 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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	38.4% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	87.4% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '17 at 11:23
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-5820K-$391 25,711 User benchmarks - Average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4.15 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	SC Int 130 SC Float 126 SC Mixed 127 102% 128 Pts	QC Int 507 QC Float 510 QC Mixed 498 114% 505 Pts	MC Int 982 MC Float 1,042 MC Mixed 1,030 152% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 15,457 User benchmarks - Average bench 40% EVGA(3842 3677) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1552 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 369.9 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 103 Reflection 98.3 Parallax 135 35% 112 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 94 Splatting 88.2 41% 96.4 fps
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 45%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$120 26,547 User benchmarks - Average bench 100% 66GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10165 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3523 (B1) Unknown 99 99 27 (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 71 53 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 360 (EB) Unknown 99 99 867 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13272510384	121% Outstanding	Read 532 Write 493 Mixed 518 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.7 175% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 168 179% 297 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$160 10,932 User benchmarks - Average bench 79% 17GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17354 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7438 (B1) Unknown 93 93 253 (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 71 54 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 513 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1721 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22112168983	87.4% Excellent	Read 514 Write 258 Mixed 278 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 22.4 135% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 59 97% 194 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 17,869 User benchmarks - Average bench 85% 83GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219376592 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23582877 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3213 (B7) Unknown 86 86 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 68720525334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504954910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 262 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16068 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 666 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -100339025960584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 27970422102 (F2) Unknown 100 253 426695654828	55.6% Above average	Read 87 Write 106 Mixed 90.7 71% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.48 169% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 105%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$80 1,984 User benchmarks - Average bench 85% 75GB free Firmware: CV23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 99 11138960 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16662436 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4511 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 165 (BE) vendor-specific 69 53 521732127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7330 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 51539607583 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	70.7% Very good	Read 116 Write 130 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.15 57% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$179 816 User benchmarks - Average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 48.8 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 44.7 135% 47.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 26.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 46.2 86% 46.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 125%

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

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Typical X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 97 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings.

Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 87%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $391Bench 87%, 25,711 samples	44x
Core i7-5930KIntel $480Bench 88%, 8,172 samples	23x
Core i7-6800KIntel $300Bench 90%, 10,647 samples	17x

GPU
GTX 980 TiNvidia $560Bench 99%, 48,283 samples	21x
GTX 1080Nvidia $470Bench 125%, 108,160 samples	18x
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 64%, 181,028 samples	13x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $486Bench 216%, 20,077 samples	13x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $159Bench 96%, 106,391 samples	9x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 178,470 samples	6x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 45%, 17,600 samples	5x
4x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 3,688 samples	3x
HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GBKingstonBench 111%, 193 samples	3x

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Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $1,436

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-7700K $300	Nvidia GTX 1070 $390	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $95
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 $280	AMD RX 480 $491	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $120
Intel Core i5-7600K $220	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $260	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $159

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $163	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $33
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $77	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $842	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $22
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $60	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $157	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $13