MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 128% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	142% 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	96.7% 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 18 '17 at 00:12
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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)	98% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 553 8-Core 854 87% 704 Pts	64-Core 1,144 71% 1,144 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2601 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 219 Parallax 192 166% 205 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 192 Splatting 136 127% 157 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 402GB 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 11275 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1335 (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 66 54 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 944 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20525099756	96.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 419 Mixed 419 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29 160% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 28.5 36% 61.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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 as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 108311192 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 352 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 259150 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (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 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 601 (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 72756745995298 (F1) Unknown 100 253 316268598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17314656219	77.6% Very good	Read 97.9 Write 171 Mixed 104 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.78 214% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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 (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 78274936 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 256643 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (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 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 483 (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 -123738007796603 (F1) Unknown 100 253 74798347 (F2) Unknown 100 253 81946116	106% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 198 Mixed 161 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.85 225% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 80 64 107775317 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 113708 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 122853244535418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (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 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 777 (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 1279900255301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51487431 (F2) Unknown 100 253 56287886 (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 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 80 64 108654328 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 108589 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65386582114912 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (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 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 782 (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 -122135984995259 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51485479 (F2) Unknown 100 253 57168849 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	62.2% Good	Read 154 Write 61.3 Mixed 91.4 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.19 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.41 222% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 62.2% 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 (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 140960374 (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 242335 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 99411313033953 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 378 (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 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 717 (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 95339684037697 (F1) Unknown 100 253 92755207 (F2) Unknown 100 253 48205167 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.6% Above average	Read 110 Write 97.5 Mixed 73.2 70% 93.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.65 151% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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 (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5461688 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 631 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1157750 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 666 (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 100 100 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1489 (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 33114197853650 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1529858794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 357841506011	83.7% Excellent	Read 123 Write 167 Mixed 124 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.74 213% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 48.7 MC Write 53.3 MC Mixed 46.9 142% 49.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.4 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 127% 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 $274Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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