MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 31 '17 at 16:24
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 159 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 678 63% 526 Pts	64-Core 1030 64% 1030 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 65.5 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 62.1 53% 65.9 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 61.8 Splatting 56.2 51% 63.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Sonix NVMe PCIe 480GB-$797 250 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 310GB free Firmware: E7FM01.0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 2,108 Write 1,267 Mixed 1,259 341% 1,544 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 20.7 82% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 105 130% 230 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 244%
Kingston SHFS37A480G 480GB 1,387 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13659825 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 93449898426412 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 10 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 19 28 55836409875 (C2) HDA temperature 19 28 55836409875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13659825 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13659825 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13659825 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 464 (EA) Unknown 0 0 532 (F1) Unknown 0 0 532 (F2) Unknown 0 0 209 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	53.8% Above average	Read 496 Write 224 Mixed 301 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 9.79 51% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 78.2 DQ Mixed 48.4 55% 96.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 66%
Maxtor STM3320820AS 320GB 4,234 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 70GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 84 42951958 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 712749973 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 30759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5071 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 36 288150192151 (C2) HDA temperature 23 64 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 54 187951371 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.3% Below average	Read 59.2 Write 60.4 Mixed 49.5 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 44%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 13GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4331 (03) Spinup time 179 174 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8005 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4962 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 629 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8007 (C2) HDA temperature 126 84 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	27.6% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 48.1 Mixed 33.6 32% 43.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 60%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 7GB free Firmware: 50.0AB50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 167 159 6633 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12338 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 651 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 364778 (C2) HDA temperature 129 92 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.4% Below average	Read 74.6 Write 62.5 Mixed 60.8 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 39 MC Mixed 35.6 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 17.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	319x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $109Bench 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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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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