MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 157% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 142% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	195% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% 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.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5120 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '23 at 13:26
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 85.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 210 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 672 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,148 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% MSI(1462 3884) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4875 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	195% Outstanding	Lighting 281 Reflection 282 Parallax 331 229% 298 fps	MRender 330 Gravity 242 Splatting 185 199% 252 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 652GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1499 1283 1286 1283 1288 1177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,126 Write 1,945 Mixed 1,383 SusWrite 1,303 379% 1,689 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 59 189% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 583 420% 552 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 457 Write 419 Mixed 381 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 67 4K Mixed 44.3 146% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 346 262% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 846GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1835 1921 1414 1200 1187 1195 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	257% Outstanding	Read 2,125 Write 1,770 Mixed 1,336 SusWrite 1,459 375% 1,673 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 78.5 4K Mixed 58.6 186% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 766 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 605 436% 573 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 257% Great: 372%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 229GB free Firmware: HPM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 89.2 Write 84 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 77 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 104% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 58%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 367GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 137 138 138 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 109 SusWrite 138 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.5% Outstanding	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 39.5 MC Mixed 35.2 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.3 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 138%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	71	59	120	48.8"	1280 720	SAM7053 LC49G95T

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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