MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 91.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 08:06
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 810 79% 650 Pts	64-Core 986 61% 986 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2377 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 80.4 Parallax 80 66% 80.6 fps	MRender 85.6 Gravity 75 Splatting 76.8 64% 79.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 133GB free Firmware: P1003B 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 159 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2149 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 13 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 13 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 94427 (F2) Unknown 100 100 149957 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137536	71.4% Very good	Read 501 Write 413 Mixed 445 101% 453 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 11.2 82% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.7 DQ Write 94.2 DQ Mixed 11.1 21% 39.7 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 105%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3068 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 517 (94) Unknown 100 100 182119 (95) Unknown 100 100 2586 (96) Unknown 100 100 2438 (97) Unknown 100 100 2565 (A4) Unknown 100 100 61338 (A5) Unknown 100 100 110 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 46 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46364929949732 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 512606 (F2) Unknown 100 100 465284 (F5) Unknown 100 100 724555 (F6) Unknown 100 100 728476 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	72.6% Very good	Read 487 Write 249 Mixed 265 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 20.9 98% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 12.5 60% 137 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 95%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 4TB 2,430 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 233 Write 200 Mixed 153 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 0.34 130% 1.51 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB-$65 2,716 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.8% Good	MC Read 31.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 21.2 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 81%

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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 $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 $132	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) $34	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