MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	96.2% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '17 at 04:10
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 245 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 491 8-Core 856 81% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,282 79% 1,282 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3713) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$376 4,705 User benchmarks, average bench 144% 829GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 178 Mixed 761 84% 370 MB/s	4K Read 34.8 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 47 198% 81.1 MB/s	DQ Read 455 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 187 202% 338 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 246%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: DN03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 37158073 (03) Spinup time 89 85 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135428378 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103878079021585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (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 54 50 774635566 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 368 (C2) HDA temperature 46 50 68719476782 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 5 37158073 (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 -23742579211798 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12417024 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24741049
Poor: 23% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 100 14469832 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 37162 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 63 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 149 (C2) HDA temperature 35 40 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 -101696235634158 (F1) Unknown 100 253 96410362 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10076748
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$106 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45305824 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 112 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1845474 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 512 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 673579047 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 174 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 73014444071 (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 -71322226916848 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1720693434 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1415456130
Poor: 53% Great: 110%
Seagate ST4000NM0033-9ZM170 4TB 3,748 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 258GB free Firmware: 0107 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 117 Write 111 Mixed 107 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.5 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C14 4x16GB 69 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 29.5 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 23 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 176%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 80%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	25x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $266Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $160Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 106% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16