MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 125% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	264% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 10:36
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 758 75% 614 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6390) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 211 Parallax 209 154% 203 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 181 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,228 Write 1,431 Mixed 1,599 388% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 188 4K Mixed 48 215% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 217 238% 417 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 283%
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 93GB free Firmware: R131 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 3391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1402 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 47 (A9) Unknown 100 100 404 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 454 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 137 588411043863 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 23 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2006 (F1) Unknown 253 253 942 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1169 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	106% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 476 Mixed 451 103% 458 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 28.3 151% 61.2 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 42.5 107% 226 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%
Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 11GB free Firmware: B090522a Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 5468 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 100 0 (E5) Unknown 100 0 21959003199384 (E8) Unknown 100 48 9011683733561 (E9) Unknown 100 0 1627328264 (EA) Unknown 100 0 446844435977 (EB) Unknown 100 0 1544072319	16.5% Very poor	Read 117 Write 72.6 Mixed 81.6 20% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 1.01 28% 6.5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 19%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154945320 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1699 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1234551 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1315 (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 69 44 64946569247 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11422 (C2) HDA temperature 31 56 21474836511 (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 -52286931858937 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16922047263 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9743416624	63.9% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 20.7 59% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.21 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 597GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234128632 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17244 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1263962 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2051 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 68720525328 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 80 49 8943566868 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 122195 (C2) HDA temperature 20 51 -140737488355308 (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 -125155347003071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18773182615 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12840582140	57.8% Above average	Read 83 Write 119 Mixed 60.8 65% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 410GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 188595125 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4098258 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 65588445577676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (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 77 56 387383319 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 82 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1569 (C2) HDA temperature 23 44 38654705687 (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 -1748051689135 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7157178687 (F2) Unknown 100 253 171561082	89.3% Excellent	Read 152 Write 159 Mixed 155 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.27 100% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 69GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 100 88521176 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1381 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1434697 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 968 (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 72 55 471531548 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9352 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 17179869212 (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 123720827929819 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13442826714 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9207107057	70.4% Very good	Read 133 Write 113 Mixed 67.5 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 3,531 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	130% Outstanding	MC Read 50.2 MC Write 50.2 MC Mixed 50.7 144% 50.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 25.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 129%

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Gaming 123%

UFO

Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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