MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	130% 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 20:34
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94 1-Core 103 2-Core 185 76% 127 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 596 57% 473 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

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: 388.31 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 162 Parallax 134 122% 149 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 12 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 2436 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1263 (64) Unknown 100 100 6108672 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 338 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 92 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 100 283469021231 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 12 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 10 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 12 (E7) Temperature 97 97 3 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22760 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18511 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27121 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 35532	130% Outstanding	Read 1,158 Write 686 Mixed 824 197% 889 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 18.2 118% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 17.6 58% 118 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4167143 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -117347096457975 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1633 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 533 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 46 64427524120 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 64427524120 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4167143 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4167143 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4167143 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 115964116992 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3250 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3242 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3242 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3747 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2686990	72.7% Very good	Read 515 Write 223 Mixed 267 73% 335 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 14.9 105% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 62.2 83% 145 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 390GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240165770 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13066488206 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 37 5528 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 94490854083 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471466012 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 42949672988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 22 240165770 (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 62156766738027 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4258932462 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4231685749	40.2% Average	Read 73.9 Write 66.1 Mixed 68.9 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C15 2x8GB 434 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 25.1 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.8 67% 59.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 110%

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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 $78Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $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) $30	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