MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	66.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	216% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160719
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '16 at 02:10
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 532 61% 475 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367D) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Lighting 87.3 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 75.5 71% 80.5 fps	MRender 81.2 Gravity 68.1 Splatting 67.6 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,044 Write 905 Mixed 1,162 301% 1,370 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 39.1 214% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 188 184% 301 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 243%
Plextor M5S 128GB-$75 5,727 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 58GB free Firmware: 1.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^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 10359 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1987 (B1) Unknown 100 100 424323 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 307 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 600624 (F2) Unknown 100 100 457636	81.4% Excellent	Read 499 Write 211 Mixed 287 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 33.3 130% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 72.8 90% 157 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 134GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76772560 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 78731089 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1975 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 589365282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 221 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64353 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 55834574882 (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 4879082852571 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -14450741323699 (F2) Unknown 100 253 51474569718326	72.6% Very good	Read 116 Write 138 Mixed 98.5 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.29 77% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 46GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13566440 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7220 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 40271034 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1993 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 917519 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 4901175330 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 242 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 69695 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 -140737488355294 (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 -40746354732886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 89352991835081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 115023311595894	73.3% Very good	Read 118 Write 137 Mixed 116 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.23 76% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 453GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 89.4 Write 104 Mixed 75.4 116% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3600 C18 4x8GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3500 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	115% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 56.3 MC Mixed 41.3 127% 44.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	25x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $155Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16