MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '19 at 15:39
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 175 74% 123 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 594 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 83.4 Parallax 72.1 64% 78.1 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 75.9 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF180A5H REF 180GB 373 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: LWDi SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 135 107 110 117 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 355 Write 249 Mixed 276 SusWrite 124 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 39.2 148% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 140 131% 207 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%
Sandisk X600 M.2 2280 SATA 128GB 4,471 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 118GB free Firmware: X6113012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 467 Mixed 330 SusWrite 120 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 45.9 167% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 266 214% 299 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMR16GX4M2C3600C18 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 CMR16GX4M2C3600C18 CMW16GX4M2C3000C15 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3000, 3000, 3000, 3000 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 37.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 29.3 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 81%

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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%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

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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 $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: 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