MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	104% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 23:30
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 216 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 645 63% 515 Pts	64-Core 768 48% 768 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 160 Parallax 184 128% 167 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 158 Splatting 113 105% 130 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4778 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 991 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25728693908	104% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 72.2 4K Mixed 42.1 146% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 119 139% 242 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 840GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171972096 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1013 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38045159 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 993 (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 68 64 538968096 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27446 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (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 13627931234073 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17918280972 (F2) Unknown 100 253 586668035089	92.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 160 Mixed 141 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 70% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.46% Terrible	Read 21.3 Write 6.51 Mixed 9.22 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.97 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.006 15% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.46% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2800 MHz clocked @ 2801 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 25.5 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 61%

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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 $90Bench 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 $45	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