MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	57.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180614
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 09:47
Run Duration	376 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 258 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 802 78% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,061 66% 1,061 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 64 Reflection 67.8 Parallax 60.2 52% 64 fps	MRender 70.7 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 52.7 50% 61.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BW056H6 56GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 52GB free Firmware: ZG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 68 100 88 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 340 Write 105 Mixed 162 SusWrite 91.3 38% 175 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 35.6 133% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 100 77% 104 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 111GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 52 47 54 54 54 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 394 Write 359 Mixed 281 SusWrite 84.8 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 21.7 108% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 133 128% 198 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 351GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 505 504 506 503 475 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 181GB free Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 295 122 86 75 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 463 Write 415 Mixed 402 SusWrite 161 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 27 123% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 0.5 72% 172 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 426GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1985 803 623 623 619 621 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,490 Write 2,221 Mixed 1,476 SusWrite 879 394% 1,766 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 46.9 186% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 300 218% 283 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 340%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 170 169 170 169 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 168 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.8 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 94%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 208 213 213 209 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 140 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 207 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 111%
Seagate ST500LM000-SSHD-8GB 500GB 13,141 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 279GB free Firmware: LVD5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Read 85.8 Write 74 Mixed 57 SusWrite 85.3 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.8 347% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 63%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 593GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 140 139 140 141 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 145 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 139 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x16GB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 49.1 MC Write 64.8 MC Mixed 49.9 156% 54.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 139%

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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 $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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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Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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