MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	298% 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 MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 656 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 67.8 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 57.8 55% 68 fps	Gravity 67.4 Splatting 88.7 71% 78 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 433GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 445 475 467 470 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 485 Mixed 414 SusWrite 463 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 48.6 180% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 351 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 793GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2365 2147 1165 1149 1152 1148 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,471 Write 2,310 Mixed 1,649 SusWrite 1,521 446% 1,988 MB/s	4K Read 56.9 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 75.8 245% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 842 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 695 507% 670 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 372%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 165 169 170 168 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 159 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 356% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 194 193 198 197 196 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 1,053 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.9% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 136%

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Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $730

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