MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 13:45
Run Duration	332 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 728 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 93%

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: 385.28 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 146 Parallax 140 114% 142 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 396GB free Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 2,128 Write 257 Mixed 498 205% 961 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 75.9 4K Mixed 46.8 154% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 126 136% 238 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 283%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3394 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 55 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 60 171799805985 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 26970707039 (F7) Unknown 100 100 845445946 (F8) Unknown 100 100 445720144 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1941 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	59.9% Above average	Read 468 Write 124 Mixed 246 61% 280 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 22.6 83% 27.9 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 97.7 DQ Mixed 45.7 70% 137 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103682016 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14391513 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3365 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 605487136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4935 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 73014444064 (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 130292127893106 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10328337794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 185398025250	54.5% Above average	Read 76.7 Write 112 Mixed 117 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.81 219% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 94%
1,954 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	4.91% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 4.89 Mixed 7.07 11% 11 MB/s	4K Read 3.22 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 12% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.91% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A2 4x8GB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 49.7 MC Mixed 38.7 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 111%

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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