MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	280% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	56.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 19:38
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 801 81% 657 Pts	64-Core 988 61% 988 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6278) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2092 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,657 Write 1,389 Mixed 1,435 402% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 51 224% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 544 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 206 228% 387 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 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 100 100 4019887 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 100287486372264 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1871 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 421 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 76 38659686434 (C2) HDA temperature 34 76 38659686434 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4019887 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4019887 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4019887 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12765 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4673 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4673 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7215
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: 507KC4 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 104 104 7940478 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 45981919882049 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2163 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 525 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 71 17184522274 (C2) HDA temperature 34 71 17184522274 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7940478 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7940478 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7940478 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23092 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11969 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11969 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8540
Poor: 57% Great: 87%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 171 7683 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4309 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9037 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 178 178 68031 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 32 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 157 Write 129 Mixed 125 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.23 96% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 87%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$75 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 64 45266507 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 80 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1121287 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 82072530059349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (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 73 61 454623259 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 81604378651 (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 3929895075918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1385806776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 124616930 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	57.9% Above average	Read 115 Write 86.1 Mixed 72.8 68% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 3.76 4K Mixed 0.75 197% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 736GB free Firmware: JB0OA3V0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 123 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 178 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 935 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 171799871523 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	66.6% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 118 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.07 25% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 75%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$77 8,773 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 203GB free Firmware: JF4OA0D0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 188 188 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 12517 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 498298 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 223338430500 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.9% Average	Read 87.2 Write 86.9 Mixed 80.5 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3200C16 8x8GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 43.5 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 151%

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Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $730

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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