MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	202% 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	57.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '18 at 06:33
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 86.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 738 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 929 58% 929 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36CF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1682 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 108 Parallax 87.6 90% 102 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 111 Splatting 91.3 82% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 281GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9759 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 208 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5647663367	94.2% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 414 Mixed 422 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 38.9 139% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 38.3 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 134%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 287 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 380 (AE) Unknown 99 99 44 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 983 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 29 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 97456 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12485 (F2) Unknown 99 99 5358	202% Outstanding	Read 1,945 Write 1,073 Mixed 1,337 321% 1,452 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 40.6 156% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 113 123% 206 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 220%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 200 200 38675808591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12258 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1606 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1606 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 197569675299 (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	109% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 182 Mixed 170 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.52 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 120%
HGST Deskstar NAS 6TB-$250 974 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 5.5TB free Firmware: APGNT517 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 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 206 206 38677184808 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1579 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 188979675170 (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
Poor: 57% Great: 120%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x16GB 9,153 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.7 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 42 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 140%

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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