MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.8% 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	93.1% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 10:21
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 636 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 832 52% 832 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 88%

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: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 63.2 57% 67.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 58.8 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd 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 0 (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 100 100 3554 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 687 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1704047 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C2) HDA temperature 79 64 154619478037 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 12441 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9788 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9869 (F4) Unknown 100 100 26 (F5) Unknown 100 100 111 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3597952	93.1% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 478 Mixed 510 112% 503 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 13 108% 44.8 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 12.6 83% 188 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$150 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 248GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 6150 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8208 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11824 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3695 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1456 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8210 (C2) HDA temperature 128 77 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 127 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.1% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 65 Mixed 66.2 46% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 207GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3826 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1234 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 72 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3755 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 142 Mixed 143 108% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.32 110% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 1x8GB-$25 15,315 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 10.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 14.3 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 44%

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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 $107Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	127x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
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 $75Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $288	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16