MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 130% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 99.3%, 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	100% 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	124.8 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 23:13
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 146 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 569 8-Core 872 89% 720 Pts	64-Core 1137 70% 1137 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.3% 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 176 150% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 173 Splatting 120 113% 141 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% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11274 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1326 (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 99 935 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20516323020	100% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 416 Mixed 422 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 28.9 159% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 28.7 62% 119 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% 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 (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 96147184 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 345 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 213711 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 359 (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 555745313 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 586 (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 -12816182410206 (F1) Unknown 100 253 302905934 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17308496469	79.2% Very good	Read 102 Write 173 Mixed 122 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.73 209% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 65293960 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 211158 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 375 (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 100 100 208 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 472 (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 120048630891652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 61230087 (F2) Unknown 100 253 74658847	107% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 193 Mixed 135 126% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.8 219% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 107% 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 79 64 88462327 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 89923 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38229503901063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (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 63 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 760 (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 13829794694213 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39747027 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48715300 (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 80 64 89153910 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 88673 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -6068788788641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (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 72 64 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 765 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 77309411356 (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 135849815573573 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39730199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49423711 (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 (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 122760804 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 555 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 219852 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -124657130798367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 367 (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 71 49 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 700 (C2) HDA temperature 29 51 73014444061 (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 14358075671616 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80200107 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42560697 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	57.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 99 Mixed 76 69% 92 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.58 140% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 57.5% 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 (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 236261240 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1118424 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 655 (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 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1469 (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 27912992458194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1513680718 (F2) Unknown 100 253 349244708247	82.8% Excellent	Read 122 Write 165 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.72 213% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 111%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 500GB 2,264 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 465GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 74 Write 74.4 Mixed 60.8 89% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.26 68% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 43%

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 (97^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 49.6 MC Write 53.7 MC Mixed 47.2 143% 50.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

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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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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