MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	110% 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	92.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '17 at 11:32
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 197 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 744 67% 565 Pts	64-Core 1,015 63% 1,015 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 149 Parallax 144 119% 147 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 4274 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 571 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 179 (A9) Unknown 100 100 675 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 71 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 64 274878955560 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 548 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 37803 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20713 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11482 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	92.3% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 443 Mixed 448 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 26.5 116% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 63.1 90% 169 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 114%
Kingmax 120GB 120GB 2,908 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 33GB free Firmware: L0327 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 2562513 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 118171730204545 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2985 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 327 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 18 28 1052268822546 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2562513 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2562513 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2562513 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21904 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21904 (F2) Unknown 0 0 28643	49% Average	Read 197 Write 126 Mixed 140 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 13.5 93% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 45 61% 112 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71862576 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 584 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5663225 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4293 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (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 63 46 622002213 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2092 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 51539607589 (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 -7000796688200 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4841253208 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9450514225	92.6% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 163 Mixed 152 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 237GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 191132812 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 116043314100 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3936 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590196740 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 26345917906979 (C2) HDA temperature 35 62 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 35 191132812 (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 -38066295109615 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4163085458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3116298336	46.3% Average	Read 83.5 Write 78.1 Mixed 84.7 62% 82.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.35 78% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 212GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 177020848 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11499 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 12986308675 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22328 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3168 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 38 -3672965083 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 312 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 59683 (C2) HDA temperature 37 62 47244640293 (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 -20658792683849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -36466738626425 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -97200840576804	66.6% Good	Read 114 Write 118 Mixed 117 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 107GB free Firmware: SD15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22254875 (03) Spinup time 93 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13226 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12952258451 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 24 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3420 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 36 -3555459028 (C2) HDA temperature 44 64 42949673004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 21 22254875 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	36.2% Below average	Read 67.9 Write 58.4 Mixed 58.5 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.25 59% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$299 798 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	111% Outstanding	MC Read 47.1 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 41.4 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 20.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 127%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

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 $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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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