MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.8% 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	167% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '19 at 05:36
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 205 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 584 61% 491 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 119 Parallax 115 92% 116 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 102 Splatting 84.7 76% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 375 389 385 384 395 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1638 Write 538 Mixed 566 SusWrite 387 171% 782 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.4 179% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 797 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 341 296% 457 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 243%
Crucial C300-CTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 2,094 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 24GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 98 100 97 97 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 330 Write 139 Mixed 174 SusWrite 97.9 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 85.2 4K Mixed 14.4 112% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 90.1 90% 148 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 457GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 41 43 43 44 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 32GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 65 66 66 66 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 44.7 Write 51 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 66.1 40% 53.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 67%
WD My Passport Essential 750GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 211GB free, PID 070a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 34 35 35 34 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 34.2 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 34.3 44% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 975 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 39.9 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 121%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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 $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