MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '19 at 18:06
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 190 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 606 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 779 48% 779 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 112 89% 111 fps	MRender 94.8 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 89.9 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 86 77 85 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 209 Write 123 Mixed 176 SusWrite 81.7 33% 147 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 23.9 102% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 94.1 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 101 79% 108 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 73%
Maxtor STM3750330AS 750GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 264GB free Firmware: MX15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 99 98 97 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 82 Write 74.3 Mixed 44 SusWrite 97.2 54% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 59%
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 422GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 132 133 133 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 128 Mixed 85 SusWrite 133 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 97%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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 $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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