MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.6% 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	115% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 19:43
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 867 77% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,156 72% 1,156 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Asus(1043 8539) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.6% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 105 Parallax 101 80% 101 fps	MRender 83.2 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 74 66% 82.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 385 477 488 487 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 478 Mixed 411 SusWrite 421 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 98.7 4K Mixed 49.7 171% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 88GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 399 481 213 170 153 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 486 Mixed 448 SusWrite 272 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 97.7 4K Mixed 56.4 186% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 347 263% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 2x4GB 402 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.3% Good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19.7 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 101%

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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 $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