MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	81.6% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 02:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

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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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 757 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 147 Parallax 124 122% 140 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 140 Splatting 108 97% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8798 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 769 (64) Unknown 100 100 10725524 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 95 95 54 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B2) Unknown 100 100 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 403 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13485 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 64427589659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 99 66 175 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8896 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12319 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14517 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 636500	81.6% Excellent	Read 510 Write 334 Mixed 351 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 16.4 100% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 18.3 80% 182 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 118%
HFS500G32TND-N1A2A 500GB 1,191 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 62GB free Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8399 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 634 (64) Unknown 100 100 2471186 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 99 99 21 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 66 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 6 (B2) Unknown 100 100 20 (B3) Unknown 100 100 332 (B4) Unknown 100 100 13556 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 0 64427786267 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 92 43 394 (D4) Unknown 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3032 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3237 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14493 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 609358	85.8% Excellent	Read 509 Write 333 Mixed 350 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 23.3 110% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 21.7 86% 193 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 118%
SB M2 SSD 30GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free Firmware: S9FM02.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 64 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 106 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 46 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2555910 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 115737	47.5% Average	Read 220 Write 163 Mixed 194 43% 192 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 7.97 87% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 103 DQ Write 92.1 DQ Mixed 3.49 28% 66.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 226GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 144321704 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1695 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18488229 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8609 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 686 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13801 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 55834574876 (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 17712445134425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14670525581 (F2) Unknown 100 253 151508010772	84.6% Excellent	Read 132 Write 163 Mixed 171 118% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 3x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 34.2 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 103%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 69%

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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 $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 $184	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