MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% 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	234% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	102.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181203
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	May 09 '21 at 16:02
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 82.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 801 73% 613 Pts	64-Core 1,224 76% 1,224 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 81% 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 3364) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 136 110% 140 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 147 Splatting 124 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 737GB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1414 1446 1423 1214 1143 1007 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,437 Write 1,511 Mixed 1,059 SusWrite 1,274 297% 1,320 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 63.2 224% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 623 DQ Write 687 DQ Mixed 271 310% 527 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 255%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 281GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 126 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 302 Write 299 Mixed 282 SusWrite 130 57% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 28.5 104% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 37.2 37% 55.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 99%
Mushkin MKNSSDRW1TB 1TB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 301GB free Firmware: S0618A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 386 388 30 17 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 398 Write 351 Mixed 307 SusWrite 204 71% 315 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 21.8 109% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 26 33% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 104%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 360GB free Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1358 1428 1381 1436 1415 1426 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1,285 Write 1,087 Mixed 895 SusWrite 1,407 263% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.3 190% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 941 DQ Write 711 DQ Mixed 662 539% 771 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 242%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$84 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 519GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 126 132 132 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 60.6 Write 51.7 Mixed 42.4 SusWrite 130 52% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C16 8x16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	115% Outstanding	MC Read 47.4 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 41.9 130% 45.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 20.1 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 143%

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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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $283Bench 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 $170Bench 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: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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