MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	81.3% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 10:06
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 723 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 205 Parallax 181 149% 189 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 176 Splatting 123 115% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 8159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2041 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 162 (A9) Unknown 100 100 594 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 57 (AE) Unknown 100 100 149 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 122 523986731037 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 346 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 29447 (F1) Unknown 253 253 14092 (F2) Unknown 253 253 45143 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	81.3% Excellent	Read 474 Write 248 Mixed 298 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 21 119% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 59 104% 203 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 494GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173513369 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 47248663874 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1015 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 596 (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 55 538116128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 26 23 173513369 (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 -56427280331590 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1594603387 (F2) Unknown 100 253 718053935	56.1% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 96 Mixed 89 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.51 116% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 343GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 171 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3479 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 722 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7159 (C2) HDA temperature 111 87 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	78.2% Very good	Read 144 Write 128 Mixed 133 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.56 4K Mixed 0.35 135% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 41.2 MC Write 55.3 MC Mixed 41 131% 45.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.4 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

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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 $78Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

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