MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	119% 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	263% 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	28.2 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 27 '17 at 15:38
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 566 8-Core 1,055 97% 810 Pts	64-Core 1,482 92% 1,482 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$265 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2532 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 162 Parallax 151 132% 158 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 151 Splatting 118 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 119% 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% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,565 Write 1,188 Mixed 1,363 374% 1,705 MB/s	4K Read 59.8 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 50.7 235% 87 MB/s	DQ Read 572 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 203 198% 325 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 263% 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 79319640 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 544 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2183441 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1900 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 543 (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 61 56 689831975 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 154 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 953 (C2) HDA temperature 39 44 68719476775 (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 73924977100642 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11922872327 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19483819811	88.1% Excellent	Read 166 Write 142 Mixed 143 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 745GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 151332448 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3915 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43880522 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3569 (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 622657571 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 63 63 75361 (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 94296006995184 (F1) Unknown 100 253 21881964081 (F2) Unknown 100 253 36536704488	91.3% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 156 Mixed 144 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.29 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 114%
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 (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 196 174 5175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2339 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2157 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1089 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 70232 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 36 (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	67% Good	Read 118 Write 116 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.24 79% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 83%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160500472 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2898 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23965981 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2599 (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 66 47 622592034 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41190 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 68719476770 (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 -139397458550890 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17191170417 (F2) Unknown 100 253 135752777964	61.7% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 80.9 74% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.13 56% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 96%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 988GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 221 173 5950 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5155 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1370 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 574 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 18733 (C2) HDA temperature 114 105 38 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 151 Write 137 Mixed 136 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 96%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 230GB free Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 64 25852162 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1658556 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -38405597560755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 105 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 55 689897510 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 321 (C2) HDA temperature 38 45 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 5493263171659 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.1% Average	Read 77.5 Write 68.8 Mixed 50.1 49% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 71%
WD Blue SSHD 1TB (2015)-$22 867 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 86GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 170 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11525 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1555 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 726 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32332 (C2) HDA temperature 106 96 41 (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	34.2% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 61.6 Mixed 54.9 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.14 58% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 299GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 70.2 Write 73.3 Mixed 79.5 97% 74.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.6% 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 (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	MC Read 46 MC Write 48.4 MC Mixed 38.7 127% 44.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 98%

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Gaming 78%

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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	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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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