MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.8% 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	95.2% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	43.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '20 at 07:23
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 91.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 679 73% 582 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2577 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 150 Parallax 139 108% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 134 Splatting 0.13 60% 83.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$47 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 207 209 209 208 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 230 Mixed 222 SusWrite 212 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 41.7 159% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 246 205% 298 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 105%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 72GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 57 57 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 57.7 Write 54.8 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 57.1 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 178 177 173 176 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 95.8 Write 155 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 176 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.7 231% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 6x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 35.8 111% 38.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.7 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $42	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