MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	77.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	57.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '21 at 09:59
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 656 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 799 50% 799 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 108% 136 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 139 Splatting 119 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 244 168 88 134 154 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 465 Write 449 Mixed 357 SusWrite 156 80% 357 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 27.7 117% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 204 186% 283 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 97%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 346GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 376 193 176 176 174 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 459 Write 458 Mixed 375 SusWrite 240 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 30.4 119% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 206 189% 289 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 100%
Seagate ST12000NE0008-2JL101 12TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 5.5TB free Firmware: EN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 189 191 190 191 198 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 28% Great: 107%
Seagate ST16000NE000-2RW103 16TB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 7TB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 216 215 217 217 217 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 30% Great: 86%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 153 153 151 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 162 Write 135 Mixed 90 SusWrite 151 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 8x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 43.6 MC Mixed 41.4 122% 42.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 130%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $400Bench 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 $109Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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