MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% 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	223% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 21:42
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 861 84% 692 Pts	64-Core 1036 64% 1036 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 336A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 113% 139 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 144 Splatting 0.1 62% 87.1 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 327 324 318 315 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,197 Write 1,460 Mixed 1,234 SusWrite 374 292% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 72 245% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 630 DQ Mixed 873 632% 827 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 280%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 68GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 95 62 59 54 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 489 Write 448 Mixed 412 SusWrite 134 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 53.1 179% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 244 214% 321 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 126%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	119% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 54.1 MC Mixed 40.8 132% 46.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 111%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	319x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	126x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16