MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	6.7 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 18:07
Run Duration	408 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 249 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 750 77% 622 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.1% Very good	Lighting 95.3 Reflection 106 Parallax 89.3 78% 97 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 89.6 Splatting 94.3 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 1TB 1,702 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 842GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSBG200 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 100 100 2089 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 24 33 25771966488 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 989542 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 989542 (F2) Unknown 100 100 159621 (F9) Unknown 100 100 4081 (FC) Unknown 100 100 7	81% Excellent	Read 498 Write 471 Mixed 481 108% 483 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 16.5 82% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 15.7 58% 125 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 96%
SanDisk Cruzer Dial 32GB 3,902 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 19GB free, PID 5599 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 12 Mixed 21.1 26% 23.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.33 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 1.03 114% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 17%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 589 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 7788 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Read 20.9 Write 3.54 Mixed 5.86 10% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.79 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 26% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 55.1 MC Mixed 41.1 133% 46.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 22.4 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 115%

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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