MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% 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	98.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	59 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 776 77% 629 Pts	64-Core 991 61% 991 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 150 Parallax 142 116% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 135 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 534GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5922 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 314 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28816191302	98.3% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 410 Mixed 420 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 28.1 155% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 110 100% 143 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 133%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5053 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 238 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3036026975	80.8% Excellent	Read 487 Write 270 Mixed 275 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 29.9 133% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 63.9 62% 94.3 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 123%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 484GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3719 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6342 (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 64 64 14495 (0A) Spinup retry count 226 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 148 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 295 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8293 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044315173 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 78 78 9165 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 208 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	77.5% Very good	Read 154 Write 116 Mixed 127 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.26 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 104%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 399GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 6 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 131 131 12896501932 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7375 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16170 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1781 (C0) Power-off retract count 92 92 10393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 10393 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684511268 (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	97.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 170 Mixed 167 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x8GB 240 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	133% Outstanding	MC Read 46.8 MC Write 59.9 MC Mixed 49.7 149% 52.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 24.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 132%

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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 $499Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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