MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	278% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 180 77% 128 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 679 67% 547 Pts	64-Core 860 53% 860 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Gigabyte(1458 22FC) CLim: 1340 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.11.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.4% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 75.9 54% 67.8 fps	MRender 66.7 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 53.6 50% 62 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1553 1538 1449 1422 1397 1401 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 2,306 Write 1,380 Mixed 818 SusWrite 1,460 332% 1,491 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 58.2 213% 81.4 MB/s	DQ Read 773 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 690 522% 702 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 353%
Team XS3 SSD 120GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 12GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 121 122 133 133 143 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 400 Write 151 Mixed 202 SusWrite 131 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 37.2 140% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 192 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 159 122% 167 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 76%
Team XS3 SSD 240GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 117GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 150 201 220 218 215 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 375 Write 233 Mixed 275 SusWrite 194 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 35.7 139% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 207 172% 249 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 89%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 338GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 108 108 108 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 78.2 Write 80.1 Mixed 88.7 SusWrite 108 66% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 85%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 557GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 106 107 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 127 Write 118 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 40.6 120% 42.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 22.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%

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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 $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 $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: 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 $40	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