MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 133% UFO


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% 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	231% 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, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '19 at 21:22
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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 i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 1,003 90% 762 Pts	64-Core 1,716 106% 1,716 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 431.86 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 194 Parallax 193 146% 189 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 186 Splatting 123 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37 109,999 User benchmarks, average bench 244% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 820 802 786 852 798 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,987 Write 1,860 Mixed 1,508 SusWrite 870 349% 1,556 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 62.3 217% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 860 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 760 553% 725 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 297%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 198GB free Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 247 243 251 240 250 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 487 Write 468 Mixed 314 SusWrite 247 85% 379 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 37.8 138% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 69 129% 255 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 111%
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 24,830 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 315GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 245 243 248 239 249 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 461 Mixed 353 SusWrite 246 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 48.7 168% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 283 231% 328 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 726GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 246 243 250 240 249 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 386 Mixed 295 SusWrite 246 78% 351 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 35.4 134% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 174 176% 284 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 111%
HyperX Savage 960GB-$397 1,581 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 869GB free Firmware: SAFM02.H SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 246 243 250 239 249 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 474 Write 394 Mixed 325 SusWrite 246 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 36.1 134% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 174 174% 278 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 111%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 286GB free Firmware: SAFM001B SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 243 242 247 238 247 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 427 Mixed 307 SusWrite 244 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 36.8 138% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 67.8 124% 245 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 110%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 178 177 181 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 192 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 178 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Generic- SD/MMC 64GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 55GB free, PID 8468 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 65 64 66 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 72.7 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 64.7 87% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 3.9 258% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C13 4x8GB 713 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	121% Outstanding	MC Read 50.3 MC Write 50.9 MC Mixed 41.2 136% 47.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.5 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 113%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $195Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $415

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16