MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	124% 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	214% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '22 at 19:58
Run Duration	257 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 748 72% 593 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	124% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 190 Parallax 191 137% 183 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 173 Splatting 126 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1814 1607 469 383 402 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1,862 Mixed 874 SusWrite 846 311% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 54.5 182% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 695 DQ Write 446 DQ Mixed 598 438% 580 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 353%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 31GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 241 238 147 47 35 44 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 462 Write 245 Mixed 178 SusWrite 126 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 21.7 101% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 55.1 103% 208 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 165 163 166 166 166 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 51.7 Write 122 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 164 71% 97 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 7.5 4K Mixed 0.9 260% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 173 188 189 185 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 91.8 Write 141 Mixed 67 SusWrite 180 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 90%
WL600GSA32RA100B 600GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 205GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 113 111 112 111 113 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 131 Write 119 Mixed 90.4 SusWrite 112 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1.3 255% 2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 80%
WL600GSA32RA100B 600GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 547GB free Firmware: 04.05G04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 141 140 138 140 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 144 Write 141 Mixed 99.8 SusWrite 140 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 43 MC Write 42.6 MC Mixed 41.5 121% 42.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 23.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 69%

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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 $92Bench 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 $179	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