MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 103% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	116% 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	257% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 16:42
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 231 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 840 77% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,143 71% 1,143 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2527 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 162 Parallax 150 128% 156 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 150 Splatting 117 105% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 1,201 Mixed 1,401 378% 1,720 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 50.9 223% 80.6 MB/s	DQ Read 429 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 150 156% 262 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 236%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69822472 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1873705 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 639893542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 906 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 68719476774 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 16883516442409 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11156926051 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18684412712	87.9% Excellent	Read 171 Write 136 Mixed 130 109% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 113%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 899GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 72 63575833 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 310875 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8422430867477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 56 639893542 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 232 (C2) HDA temperature 38 44 73014444070 (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 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 -75703093559277 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 120 Write 126 Mixed 87.1 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.13 104% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 71%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 734GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 174 5100 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2319 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2137 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1078 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70108 (C2) HDA temperature 113 98 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 105 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.18 78% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 145289744 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2878 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23866355 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2575 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 249115902071 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 551 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41151 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -123695058116771 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17148389849 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135570584948	65.7% Good	Read 121 Write 108 Mixed 76 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.2 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 800GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 220 173 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1434 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5099 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1350 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 563 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18621 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.1 Mixed 103 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 438GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 193127376 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43846056 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3543 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295098371 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 606273571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1886 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75315 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 68719476771 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74367358741688 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21871766273 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35874892388	101% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 148 Mixed 147 125% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
WD Blue SSHD 1TB (2015)-$22 867 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 142GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 170 2141 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11480 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 721 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 31889 (C2) HDA temperature 105 96 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	35.6% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 54.3 Mixed 53.8 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.2 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 153GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 58.5 Write 56.6 Mixed 49.5 70% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 72% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 2,740 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 45.6 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 38.6 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 21.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 98%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 69%

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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	127x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
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 $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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16