MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.5% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '19 at 11:02
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	KHM-User
Background CPU	84%

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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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 102 2-Core 209 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 607 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 827 51% 827 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Nvidia(10DE 12FD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 111 Parallax 114 90% 112 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 80.7 81% 102 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 304 304 305 302 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 311 Mixed 311 SusWrite 303 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 35.8 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 245 208% 306 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 129%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 107GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 129 129 128 128 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 178 Write 153 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 127 89% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 107%
Adata S102 Pro USB 3.0 8GB-$15 251 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2GB free, PID 312b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 11 11 11 11 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	16% Very poor	Read 77.5 Write 11.3 Mixed 11.5 SusWrite 11.5 26% 28 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 48% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 23%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 100GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 53 53 53 52 53 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 80.5 Write 64.8 Mixed 43.2 SusWrite 53.3 78% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 125% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4-3000 CL15 8GB 2x8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.4% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 20.9 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 19.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 99%

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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 $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 $273	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 $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