MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	110% 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	83.1% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	57 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160616
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 27 '21 at 15:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 38.7 2-Core 75.3 40% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 264 25% 208 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	110% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 154 Parallax 222 94% 164 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 196 Splatting 144 148% 186 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 423 420 419 417 421 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 424 Write 416 Mixed 387 SusWrite 420 93% 412 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 28.3 94% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 249 187% 249 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 135%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 198GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 429 427 427 426 427 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 424 Mixed 358 SusWrite 427 94% 415 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 306 233% 314 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 124%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 408GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1182 1239 1199 1192 1244 460 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 1,095 Write 1,163 Mixed 853 SusWrite 1,086 237% 1,049 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 31.1 99% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 277 202% 266 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 242%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 524 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.8% Good	MC Read 23.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 31 76% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.4 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 125%

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

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Gaming 81%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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

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

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
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 $168Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $45	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