MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '18 at 05:59
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 i7-5820K-$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 (94^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 121 2-Core 208 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 748 72% 596 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.7% 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 (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.4 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 72.7 61% 73.7 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 70 Splatting 68.4 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 236GB free Firmware: P1003B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^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 100 100 538 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 37 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2151 (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 94554 (F2) Unknown 100 100 151848 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137664	83.3% Excellent	Read 500 Write 400 Mixed 445 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 18.3 94% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 71.8 103% 188 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 105%
Adata Premier SP550 480GB-$129 8,505 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1203AB Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^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 3074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 934 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 50 (A3) Unknown 100 100 517 (94) Unknown 100 100 182490 (95) Unknown 100 100 2592 (96) Unknown 100 100 2445 (97) Unknown 100 100 2570 (A4) Unknown 100 100 61396 (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 45256777859106 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 513505 (F2) Unknown 100 100 466354 (F5) Unknown 100 100 725240 (F6) Unknown 100 100 729960 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	69.1% Good	Read 486 Write 248 Mixed 267 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 21.7 101% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 29.3 43% 76.5 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 69.1% 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 234 Write 199 Mixed 162 148% 198 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 3.47 4K Mixed 0.54 159% 1.62 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 (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.5% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 18 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 81%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $485Bench 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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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