MSI X99S XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM/USB3 (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 146% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	140% 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	253% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99S XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM/USB3 (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160926
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 02:58
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 141 2-Core 284 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 577 8-Core 1,144 102% 861 Pts	64-Core 1,512 94% 1,512 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2840 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 216 Parallax 195 160% 202 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 198 Splatting 141 131% 161 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 5 Volume 480GB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 430GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 1,232 Write 234 Mixed 369 132% 612 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 14 60% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 55.3 83% 161 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 123%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,073 Write 1,728 Mixed 1,592 400% 1,798 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 34.5 175% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 29.6 93% 200 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 51.7 MC Mixed 40.4 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 78%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM/USB3 (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	2x
Xeon E5-1660 v3IntelBench 81%, 886 samples	1x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	1x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x
Quadro K4200Nvidia $820Bench 21%, 7,330 samples	1x

SSD
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $170Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	2x
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	1x
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	1x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 86%, 15,285 samples	2x
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	1x
M378A1K43CB2-CTD 2x8GBSamsungBench 80%, 29,586 samples	1x

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Value: 124% - Outstanding

Total price: $518

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16