MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	130% 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	101% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	124.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 19:15
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 90.6 1-Core 147 2-Core 294 97% 177 Pts	4-Core 590 8-Core 970 95% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,170 72% 1,170 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 202 Parallax 176 149% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 172 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11271 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1304 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 913 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20387772067	101% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.7 161% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 82.8 88% 138 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 65732096 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 97804 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 93 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 542 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 85899345953 (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 101786429948960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 268346978 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17289889436	83.5% Excellent	Read 117 Write 173 Mixed 123 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.81 220% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 31953176 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 103100 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 64 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 439 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 90194313249 (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 31095563224195 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26516139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55068408	94.1% Outstanding	Read 133 Write 194 Mixed 156 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.64 200% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 49346853 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 527 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 46404 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15071040242294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 705 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 -20345260080062 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16334459 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33012394 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 49607458 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 45296 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34776350196317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 64 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 712 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 77309411358 (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 -92698279148478 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16312299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33295159 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0
Poor: 20% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 917GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 86403879 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 515 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 177645 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -129888400964897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 342 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 649 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 73014444062 (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 9092445766718 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55461751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 30942128 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	56.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 87.2 Mixed 79 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.94 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.53 165% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 596GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 203135632 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1023959 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 630 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 66 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1410 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 90194313247 (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 -132804683758128 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1481319530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 332049076146	86.8% Excellent	Read 132 Write 169 Mixed 131 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.77 217% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 47.7 MC Mixed 43.3 130% 45.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 128%

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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 $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

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 $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