MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive233% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160715
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '20 at 22:24
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (45th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 93.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 242
87% 153 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 754
72% 597 Pts
64-Core 896
56% 896 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 191
Parallax 187
140% 183 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 176
Splatting 121
112% 139 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1342 1011 921 850 802 682 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
233% Outstanding
Read 1,928
Write 1,703
Mixed 741
SusWrite 935
296% 1,327 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 62.4
208% 76.7 MB/s
DQ Read 857
DQ Write 687
DQ Mixed 782
583% 776 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 233%
Great: 302%
Seagate SkyHawk 8TB (2016)-$175
2.5TB free
Firmware: AV01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 190 189 189 189 188 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 45% Great: 89%
SanDisk Ultra Trek 123GB
57GB free, PID 559f
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 18 19 16 16 6.5 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
16.2% Very poor
Read 35.5
Write 23
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 16.4
29% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 5.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 2.6
177% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 16.2%
Great: 36%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown + + 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
44.8% Average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 14.3
MC Mixed 11.2
42% 14.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 15.8
SC Mixed 15.1
43% 14.9 GB/s
Latency 61
66% 61 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 700 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 69%
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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $624
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