MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	99.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '19 at 18:21
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 689 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 158 Parallax 134 116% 145 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 100% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-512M6M 512GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 396 339 363 399 336 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 400 Mixed 297 SusWrite 360 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 40.3 144% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 216 194% 293 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 102%
APS-SL3N-1T 1TB 1,737 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 355GB free Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 419 426 430 440 442 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 269 Write 106 Mixed 98 SusWrite 428 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 18.8 71% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.3 DQ Write 39.1 DQ Mixed 36.9 28% 36.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 99%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 434GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 93 93 92 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 93.1 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 129 130 130 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 132 Write 123 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 130 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + $5 - + + + + $5 - + + 32GB 2133, 2400, 2133, 2133, 2400, 2133 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	72.8% Very good	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 23.1 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns

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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 $78Bench 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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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