MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 106 2-Core 215 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 685 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 828 51% 828 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64.1% Good	Lighting 82.8 Reflection 84.6 Parallax 74.9 68% 80.8 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 73.3 Splatting 66.3 58% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 68 (A3) Unknown 100 100 23 (A4) Unknown 100 100 72093 (A5) Unknown 100 100 116 (A6) Unknown 100 100 18 (A7) Unknown 100 100 68 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 111 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 30216 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 367132 (F2) Unknown 100 100 259757 (F5) Unknown 100 100 576744	95.1% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 369 Mixed 433 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 35 127% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 71.4 112% 212 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 103%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 206GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 869 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 837 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 869 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 188979544102 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.7% Excellent	Read 135 Write 165 Mixed 140 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 107%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 721GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 94.3 Write 84.8 Mixed 56.3 96% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$299 20,912 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 91%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 69%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	319x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	126x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	82x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	22x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	28x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	24x

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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 $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