MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.3% 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	196% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 100 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 769 68% 579 Pts	64-Core 1,011 63% 1,011 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 109 88% 110 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 627 311 311 312 310 313 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,891 Write 1,413 Mixed 603 SusWrite 364 236% 1,068 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 57.4 213% 83 MB/s	DQ Read 790 DQ Write 663 DQ Mixed 664 514% 706 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 236%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 135GB free Firmware: 0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 125 122 118 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 148 Write 160 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 122 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.8 223% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 212GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 116 122 118 121 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 42 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 119 64% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x4GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 35.8 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 140%

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
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 $168Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

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) $30	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