MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	77.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	58.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '18 at 07:43
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90 1-Core 98 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 786 70% 590 Pts	64-Core 1,302 81% 1,302 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 157 Parallax 150 125% 153 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 147 Splatting 113 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: X414 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 501 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 84 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17629403 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 63 270584381472 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 266289807422 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1468 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2116 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1988 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1938 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	77.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 279 Mixed 266 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 13.2 111% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 25.9 70% 153 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 104%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 41003488 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 396 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 67070944 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 58 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2496 (C2) HDA temperature 31 42 85899345951 (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 15964393441526 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13584393555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 126371359368	74.3% Very good	Read 109 Write 149 Mixed 117 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.67 193% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 110%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 512GB-$233 91 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 391GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 252 Write 153 Mixed 200 245% 202 MB/s	4K Read 3.68 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.68 69% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	124% Outstanding	MC Read 54.3 MC Write 52.5 MC Mixed 42.2 142% 49.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 19.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 140%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $90Bench 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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Total price: $620

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 $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