MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90% 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	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-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	22.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	7.9 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '17 at 23:34
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 712 65% 547 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 116 100% 124 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 122 Splatting 98.8 88% 109 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12361 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 29 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 61 51 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18145651187	90% Excellent	Read 513 Write 401 Mixed 414 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 26.1 142% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 26.1 32% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 134%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 83GB free Firmware: X21100RL 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 253 100 12405 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1056 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 42 180390133797 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 26 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2261 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1464 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2031 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	99.6% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 486 Mixed 477 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 28 140% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 58.2 81% 139 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 114%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 0GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^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 17985 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 82 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 71 71 896 (AE) Unknown 100 100 51 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 219044773930 (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 71 71 29 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 139748702272 (F7) Unknown 100 100 376079123 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4228227583	98% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 480 Mixed 475 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 30.2 133% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 43.3 79% 150 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$98 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.1 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 39.3 115% 40.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $255Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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