MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 120% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 96.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	124% 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	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 17:24
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 968 89% 747 Pts	64-Core 1,381 86% 1,381 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 206 Parallax 212 134% 194 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 185 Splatting 134 122% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 17324 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2218 (B1) Unknown 95 95 87 (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 61 47 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 777 (F1) Unknown 99 99 82571062931	102% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 398 Mixed 414 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 79.9 4K Mixed 39.8 146% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 19 88% 200 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 64GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 -137902809901651 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5910 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4324 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 54509 (EA) Unknown 0 0 42963 (F1) Unknown 0 0 42963 (F2) Unknown 0 0 60306	45% Average	Read 192 Write 110 Mixed 121 31% 141 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 13.6 87% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 8.94 37% 81.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%
Samsung MZVPV128HDGM-00000 128GB 2,105 User benchmarks, average bench 180% 29GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,629 Write 653 Mixed 901 233% 1,061 MB/s	4K Read 36.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 24 149% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.8 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 22.2 32% 57.2 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 214%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 210GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 80.1 Mixed 100 69% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.29 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 63%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 153GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 157 157 34383724910 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 117 117 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17305 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2193 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5614 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5614 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223338823715 (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 0	69.2% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 110 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.1 56% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 107%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 151GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 171 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 792 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 663 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 287 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14120 (C2) HDA temperature 118 101 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.9 Mixed 108 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	125% Outstanding	MC Read 54.3 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 48.9 140% 48.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 23.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 120%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $103Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

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 $177	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) $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