MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 131% 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 99.4%, 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	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	124.6 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 00:25
Run Duration	241 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)	99.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.2 1-Core 144 2-Core 282 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 926 91% 744 Pts	64-Core 1,140 71% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.4% 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: 2608 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Lighting 203 Reflection 220 Parallax 213 165% 212 fps	MRender 142 Gravity 193 Splatting 137 127% 157 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 142% 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 as expected (47^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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 944 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20542376630	112% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 414 Mixed 424 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 37.9 172% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 28.7 102% 228 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% 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 112638736 (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 276803 (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 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 605 (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 -41098542054366 (F1) Unknown 100 253 321490746 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17316757869	77.7% Very good	Read 96.5 Write 173 Mixed 124 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 83205280 (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 273842 (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 100 100 485 (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 -28673201666939 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80225083 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84542462	91.6% Outstanding	Read 121 Write 198 Mixed 158 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 5.38 4K Mixed 0.85 226% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 91.6% 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 81 64 114099172 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 592 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 117913 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 99806450025082 (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 63 522059806 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 780 (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 -63458141797307 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55412363 (F2) Unknown 100 253 58686809 (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 81 64 115059159 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 596 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 115717 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47205985550944 (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 71 64 505217053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 785 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -124708670405562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 55401955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 59657204 (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 (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 146823969 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 247576 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103912438760162 (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 71 49 521994269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 719 (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 -24408299142079 (F1) Unknown 100 253 96881143 (F2) Unknown 100 253 49942826 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 91.9 Mixed 66.5 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.5% 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 (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10238984 (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 1175287 (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 1492 (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 -6790343293486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1535081006 (F2) Unknown 100 253 357844054016	86.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 161 Mixed 139 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.71 211% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.9% 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 (98^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 49.7 MC Write 53.4 MC Mixed 47.1 143% 50.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 25.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 59.3 67% 59.3 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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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 $169Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16