MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	85.6% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	60.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 08:05
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 976 88% 742 Pts	64-Core 1,332 82% 1,332 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2757 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 203 Parallax 182 153% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 181 Splatting 126 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 316GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10575 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 552 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 78 63 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 277 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19342210159	100% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 416 Mixed 427 101% 455 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 33.8 156% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 124 106% 149 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 215GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10586 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 551 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 78 63 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 193 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18454806096	108% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 94.5 4K Mixed 45.3 179% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46.1 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 107 98% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 134%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 125636384262155 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 938 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 717 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 717 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 449170 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 64 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 449170 (F2) Unknown 100 100 832704 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15693	85.6% Excellent	Read 508 Write 248 Mixed 312 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 18.4 136% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 66.5 100% 190 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 95%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224653798 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7747 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 58 128896029728 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 34838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 947 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065688591 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 60 353697813 (C2) HDA temperature 21 40 30064771093 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 18 224653798 (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 26079041449620 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4029296172 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1336999720	48.3% Average	Read 84.9 Write 83.3 Mixed 77.2 62% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 752GB free Firmware: CC97 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 85307456 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 232 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51718232 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19583 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475295239 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 75 44 51960676377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9840 (C2) HDA temperature 25 56 38654705689 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 5 85307456 (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 -117153822917434 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3800629670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3173859878	63.5% Good	Read 104 Write 118 Mixed 126 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 8x8GB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (87^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	137% Outstanding	MC Read 58.2 MC Write 58.2 MC Mixed 46.3 155% 54.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.4 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 146%

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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 $270Bench 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 $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