MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 87.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 271 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 843 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Asus(1043 04C4) CLim: 1632 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.8% Very good	Lighting 71.4 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 176 58% 113 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 123 Splatting 129 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 251 103 68 66 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 457 Write 442 Mixed 370 SusWrite 167 80% 359 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 31.3 115% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 202 185% 283 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 163 163 167 167 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 104 Write 125 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 166 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 90%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 314GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 89 91 90 91 91 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	51.7% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 87.3 Mixed 62.9 SusWrite 90.2 61% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 400GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 125 Mixed 65.1 SusWrite 106 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 55.3 MC Mixed 44.4 137% 48 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.9 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 122%

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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 $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	126x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	120x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: 80% - Very good

Total price: $489

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $40	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