MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	450% 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	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.

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System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	60.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '18 at 21:30
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 132 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 933 84% 709 Pts	64-Core 1,390 86% 1,390 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 210 Parallax 175 148% 189 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 180 Splatting 133 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 480GB-$900 1,995 User benchmarks, average bench 429% 376GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1599 1594 1593 1612 1612 1618 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	450% Outstanding	Read 2,058 Write 1791 Mixed 1,896 SusWrite 1,605 413% 1,837 MB/s	4K Read 240 4K Write 201 4K Mixed 205 733% 215 MB/s	DQ Read 1,067 DQ Write 902 DQ Mixed 929 711% 966 MB/s
Poor: 280% ↑ This bench: 450% Great: 541%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 118GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 566 564 564 566 564 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 832 Write 561 Mixed 359 SusWrite 565 129% 579 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 33.9 142% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 435 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 417 333% 462 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 182%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 323 316 313 313 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 459 Mixed 375 SusWrite 317 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 345 262% 354 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 155GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 444 445 436 438 440 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 673 Write 546 Mixed 523 SusWrite 440 122% 546 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 65.4 217% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 611 DQ Mixed 921 628% 771 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 353%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$175 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 205 208 208 206 209 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 182 189 186 180 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 181 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 183 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.7 196% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 122%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 10,311 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 56.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 51.5 144% 50.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 154%

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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 $184	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