MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	106% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '16 at 05:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 131 2-Core 270 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 761 80% 643 Pts	64-Core 1,008 62% 1,008 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1013.0 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 60.2 40% 47.1 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 46 Splatting 40.2 32% 38.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4396 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 743 (B1) Unknown 98 98 40 (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 70 53 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 97 97 2132 (EB) Unknown 99 99 79 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15106447494	106% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 411 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 73.9 4K Mixed 42.4 154% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 109 130% 231 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Adata SP600 64GB 663 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 59GB free Firmware: 5.2 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 8590196738 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 276 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 258906112 (EA) Unknown 100 100 269968256 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 256576514 (F2) Unknown 100 100 255702307	39.1% Below average	Read 300 Write 74.4 Mixed 117 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 16.2 68% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 69.2 DQ Write 23.3 DQ Mixed 25 24% 39.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 334GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 166 166 21490434266 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2563 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2459 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2799 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2799 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 197569282075 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12	85% Excellent	Read 171 Write 125 Mixed 157 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$221 487 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 37.2 112% 39.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	319x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	126x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	22x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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