MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 11:48
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 234 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 700 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 930 58% 930 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 134 Parallax 129 102% 129 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 124 Splatting 101 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4651 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 703 (64) Unknown 100 100 3947664 (65) Unknown 100 100 501984 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 2327 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 631 (B7) Unknown 97 97 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 24 100 210454315032 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 10 (E7) Temperature 93 93 7 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7212 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2799 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5216 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4527 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 10
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ABA300 3TB 5,677 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 82 (03) Spinup time 141 141 34384576912 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16503 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4390 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7983 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7991 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 236223987741 (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 11	68.5% Good	Read 122 Write 117 Mixed 122 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.11 39% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 293GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 90 95320360 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 875585968 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2818 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 373 (BC) Unknown 100 99 22 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 437518362 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 39157 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 47244640282 (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 -88781268955583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 88053667753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 87350693378	92% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 122 Mixed 117 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.78 4K Mixed 0.36 175% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 112%
WD Elements 25A3 5TB 1,735 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 156 Write 127 Mixed 131 172% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.7% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 88%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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