MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	76.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 (11%). 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	116.9 GB free of 128 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:22
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 88.1 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 716 66% 554 Pts	64-Core 997 62% 997 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 155 Parallax 146 141% 158 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 142 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 467GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11945 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 55 193274314779 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17717650765 (F7) Unknown 100 100 557255013 (F8) Unknown 100 100 257133734 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4374 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.4% Very good	Read 480 Write 323 Mixed 339 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 24 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 55.1 83% 160 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 153GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11951 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 47 227634053146 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 38169290033 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1193032641 (F8) Unknown 100 100 474552712 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	63.9% Good	Read 477 Write 249 Mixed 294 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 49.3 4K Mixed 13.4 70% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 19.6 63% 140 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 105%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP2A 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 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8727 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1565 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 1554 (0A) Spinup retry count 131 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2229 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 240519413798 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 98 98 815 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 646 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$71 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 127 127 51579322973 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7736 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18264 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7958 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7958 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214749282341 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 102 Mixed 96.3 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 8x16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 136% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 47.4 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 41.3 125% 43.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 21.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 184%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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