MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	272% 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	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 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 01:05
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 152 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 910 90% 733 Pts	64-Core 1,161 72% 1,161 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 93%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 317 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 96 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2528518002	120% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 417 Mixed 420 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 52.4 193% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 129 150% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 172 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18	84.5% Excellent	Read 516 Write 357 Mixed 357 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 10.5 105% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 47.9 99% 203 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 97%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 148GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 105 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 28 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 176093659173 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 437 (F1) Unknown 253 253 437 (F2) Unknown 253 253 329	85.7% Excellent	Read 509 Write 368 Mixed 422 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 4.29 115% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 28.2 86% 184 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	272% Outstanding	Read 2,770 Write 1,134 Mixed 1,331 382% 1,745 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 41.9 230% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 475 DQ Mixed 242 266% 450 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 272% Great: 236%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 934GB free Firmware: MX4OABX0 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 161 161 21489451256 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1782 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 126 126 32 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3124 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1777 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2193 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2193 (C2) HDA temperature 148 148 171799674917 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3041 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25886336293 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13818340421	63.2% Good	Read 102 Write 119 Mixed 122 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 108%
WD My Passport 2TB 10,723 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 506GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 74.5 Mixed 55.3 85% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.17 73% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 1,010 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 56.8 MC Mixed 42.1 136% 47.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 24.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 48.9 82% 48.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 119%

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Gaming 81%

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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 $279Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

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