MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	38.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150210
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 02:22
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 76.2 2-Core 194 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 652 63% 516 Pts	64-Core 808 50% 808 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 91.6 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 86.1 75% 88.9 fps	MRender 82.1 Gravity 78.2 Splatting 70.5 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 528GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9914 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 346 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 78 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3306346002	88.9% Excellent	Read 507 Write 405 Mixed 425 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 25 107% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 122 130% 218 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 88GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20650 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 647 (B1) Unknown 88 88 143 (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 68 51 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 212 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38303906495	78.9% Very good	Read 480 Write 296 Mixed 345 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 51.4 4K Mixed 20.6 105% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 66.3 97% 181 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 150 150 21489713430 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17891 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 607 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10365 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569347618 (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	100% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 179 Mixed 165 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 102% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 882GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 108406792 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 132462493 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 611 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 25770197000 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 64 51 656015396 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 359 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15604 (C2) HDA temperature 36 49 60129542180 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102211631696465 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61366006322 (F2) Unknown 100 253 80513671557	82.4% Excellent	Read 139 Write 147 Mixed 114 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.52 179% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 711GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66156552 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 18059664509 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 656080931 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43023 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 77309411363 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13692355712275 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -117528741301012 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -79981576374291	79.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 144 Mixed 151 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 31.4 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 18.9 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 85%

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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 $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 $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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $40	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