MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	110% 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	142% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 03:41
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 790 78% 639 Pts	64-Core 981 61% 981 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 158 Parallax 136 118% 146 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 144 Splatting 118 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW80 800GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 195% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 773 Write 696 Mixed 853 173% 774 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 41.5 167% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 183 194% 325 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 227%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 85GB free Firmware: MU01.4 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 363 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1106 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 34 (A3) Unknown 100 100 298 (94) Unknown 100 100 70881 (95) Unknown 100 100 1027 (96) Unknown 100 100 916 (97) Unknown 100 100 998 (A4) Unknown 100 100 19486 (A5) Unknown 100 100 63 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 122 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 39741972283420 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 60890 (F2) Unknown 100 100 103979 (F5) Unknown 100 100 115089 (F6) Unknown 100 100 141762 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	73.1% Very good	Read 466 Write 255 Mixed 272 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 22.5 96% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 44 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 91%
Adata Premier SP550 120GB-$45 22,057 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 69GB free Firmware: O0803B5a Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 145 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 801 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 83 (A3) Unknown 100 100 47 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1589 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4879 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4175 (F5) Unknown 100 100 3178	78.6% Very good	Read 468 Write 232 Mixed 247 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 50.9 4K Mixed 27.9 116% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 51.6 88% 176 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 8x8GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 44 124% 43.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $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 $273	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 $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