MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	214% 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	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-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '18 at 15:54
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 246 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 805 77% 637 Pts	64-Core 1,023 63% 1,023 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 180 Parallax 183 138% 178 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 167 Splatting 118 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,871 Write 1,315 Mixed 1,211 324% 1,466 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 41.2 158% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 109 115% 193 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 51GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8642 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2221 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 471 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39405777805	80.3% Excellent	Read 494 Write 342 Mixed 356 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 21.1 97% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 73.3 100% 183 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 126%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 502GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 115173974 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1504 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1685841 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 44259637986639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 274 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 58 488308765 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8538 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 81604378653 (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 -121813862448870 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1203320110 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1599630788 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40.4% Average	Read 56.7 Write 82.4 Mixed 50.2 47% 63.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.91 4K Mixed 0.19 155% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 71%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 415GB free Firmware: AR17 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 114 99 62167520 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1450 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 4725686311 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 688 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 50 555614241 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6820 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 62167520 (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 -114027086738304 (F1) Unknown 100 253 78011230074 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98522481316
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 253GB free Firmware: 0708 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 62.8 Write 54.7 Mixed 45.2 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.4 138% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 66%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 33GB free Firmware: AR15 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 117 99 132794384 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1428 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4331989358 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1372 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 572391458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11246 (C2) HDA temperature 34 47 64424509474 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 132794384 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 75707388531984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 22983566862 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19867751598
Poor: 21% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-2400C15-4GRK F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-4GRK F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-4GRK F4-2400C15-4GRR F4-2400C15-4GRK F4-2400C15-4GRR 32GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 42.7 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $103Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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