MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	224% 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-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	46.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	4.8 Days
Run Date	May 06 '17 at 11:09
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 848 85% 691 Pts	64-Core 1108 69% 1108 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 146 Parallax 130 110% 137 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 109 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 324GB free Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 100 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 519 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 35 (A3) Unknown 100 100 680 (94) Unknown 100 100 20518 (95) Unknown 100 100 323 (96) Unknown 100 100 208 (97) Unknown 100 100 277 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7202 (A5) Unknown 100 100 47 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 48568248238117 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52670 (F2) Unknown 100 100 80852 (F5) Unknown 100 100 85073 (F6) Unknown 100 100 82072 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 454 Write 248 Mixed 266 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 10.8 62% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 42.4 62% 118 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 95%
Corsair Force LS 240GB-$110 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 69GB free Firmware: SAFC01.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 4682 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 547 (A2) Unknown 100 100 419 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 720952 (AE) Unknown 100 100 174 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 174 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1678 (F2) Unknown 100 100 611	62.2% Good	Read 510 Write 315 Mixed 401 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 11.6 71% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 11.3 17% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	224% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,418 Mixed 1,630 378% 1,703 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 33.8 121% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 452 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 135 171% 308 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 224% Great: 283%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 179 7766 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2055 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 409 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5246 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 42 (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	85.5% Excellent	Read 160 Write 138 Mixed 125 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.28 110% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 100%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9781 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 40 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	84.7% Excellent	Read 166 Write 129 Mixed 127 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 86%
WD Re 2TB-$54 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 875GB free Firmware: 01.01D01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8766 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2232 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 557 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2019 (C2) HDA temperature 107 84 45 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	70.7% Very good	Read 138 Write 108 Mixed 122 92% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.49 143% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB-$139 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 47.9 MC Write 62.2 MC Mixed 49.2 152% 53.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 135%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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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 $274Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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