MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics93.4% 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 Drive287% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemMSI MS-7A21
MotherboardMSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20160616
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 18 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 210
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 778
73% 609 Pts
64-Core 959
59% 959 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 87%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.4% Outstanding
Lighting 108
Reflection 125
Parallax 135
88% 123 fps
MRender 119
Gravity 147
Splatting 116
103% 127 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 93.4%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
648GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
287% Outstanding
Read 2,346
Write 1,426
Mixed 1,367
378% 1,713 MB/s
4K Read 53.6
4K Write 186
4K Mixed 53.9
249% 97.8 MB/s
DQ Read 832
DQ Write 594
DQ Mixed 311
341% 579 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 287%
Great: 302%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49
251GB free
Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FBD 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
103% Outstanding
MC Read 37.4
MC Write 47.2
MC Mixed 35.9
115% 40.2 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 18.6
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 103%
Great: 102%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 66% - Good Total price: $571
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