MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '20 at 21:23
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 696 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3283) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	3.03% Terrible	Lighting 1.8 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 24.1 2% 9.41 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.03 Splatting 17 6% 6.01 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 3.03% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 87RA SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 8 9.8 12 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 390 Write 33 Mixed 292 SusWrite 8.8 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 31.9 116% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 110 82% 109 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 782GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 1 0.5 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Read 197 Write 152 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 1.2 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 27 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.7 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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 $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) $35	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