MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	240% 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

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	119.1 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 23:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 90.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 704 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 62.7 57% 67.6 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 55.4 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1111 960GB SSD 770D117-515 82 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 894GB free Firmware: CS111102 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 56 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 768 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1672 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 180 (E7) Temperature 100 100 36 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1 (F1) Unknown 0 0 750 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1513	75% Very good	Read 475 Write 381 Mixed 424 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 81.1 4K Mixed 19.5 102% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 92.4 DQ Mixed 61.8 46% 59.5 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 102%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,355 Write 1,479 Mixed 1,626 403% 1,820 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 31 175% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 44.6 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 29.8 44% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 283%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 123 123 25789923638 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 9632 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1267 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 9896 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 9896 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 176094838815 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 172 Mixed 172 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.17 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.2 114% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 78714672 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7781369 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1077 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 488374301 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 217 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17218 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 36043365549826 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14192453436 (F2) Unknown 100 253 222456528446	109% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 187 Mixed 178 140% 186 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x16GB 2,632 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.2 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 23.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 142%

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Gaming 78%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

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