MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	167% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	55.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit 色彩
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 08:36
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 669 64% 531 Pts	64-Core 858 53% 858 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 208 Parallax 181 137% 186 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 181 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,864 Write 744 Mixed 793 248% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 20.3 117% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 21.2 87% 198 MB/s
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 237%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 191GB free Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 528 Mixed 657 198% 911 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 18.5 116% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 43 68% 121 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 155%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 133 133 21502820786 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3138 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18404 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 220 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3422 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 193274839069 (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	95.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 163 Mixed 156 123% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 107%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$71 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 257GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 176 7125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21747 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 149 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4757 (C2) HDA temperature 124 106 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	66.7% Good	Read 115 Write 117 Mixed 102 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 8x8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 40.3 MC Write 57.8 MC Mixed 42.5 134% 46.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 174%

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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 $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 $274	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 $183	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