MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 128% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 97%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	97% 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	124.5 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 20:55
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 275 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 846 85% 692 Pts	64-Core 1,115 69% 1,115 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 97% 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 184 Reflection 200 Parallax 177 150% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 173 Splatting 120 114% 141 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 97 97 11273 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1314 (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 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 923 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20448237914	97% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 417 Mixed 424 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.2 160% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 28.5 36% 61.3 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97% 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 (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 74953000 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 134038 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1201 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 344 (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 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 557 (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 -61469571939295 (F1) Unknown 100 253 278893210 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17295838913	79.9% Very good	Read 102 Write 175 Mixed 112 97% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.7 206% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 41502136 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 349 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 139436 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1340 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 360 (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 100 100 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 452 (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 -12107512806269 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37370531 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60538050	90.6% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 194 Mixed 158 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.83 223% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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 78 64 62564857 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 59159 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 106205951296120 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (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 538902559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 724 (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 12202002089027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24163895 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38400962 (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 78 64 63169472 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 61853 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82940113453662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (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 521994270 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 732 (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 45037027066948 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24153879 (F2) Unknown 100 253 39015593 (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 (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 98601350 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 192184 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -34127810133281 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 352 (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 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 669 (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 44487271253055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63709023 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34892327 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	53.6% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 96.3 Mixed 63 62% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.55 138% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.6% 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 (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213607608 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 610 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1051379 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1578 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (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 100 100 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1434 (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 -90473486088752 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1492174126 (F2) Unknown 100 253 344939380083	85.9% Excellent	Read 130 Write 168 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.82 223% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 49.5 MC Write 53.3 MC Mixed 47 143% 49.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 128% 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 $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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Value: 66% - Good

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) $35	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