MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 17:49
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 99 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 598 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 10173 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1643 (B1) Unknown 98 98 38 (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 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 133 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32193695848	85.3% Excellent	Read 503 Write 398 Mixed 417 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 27.9 96% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 102 117% 201 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 191GB free Firmware: CC4G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 133366970 (03) Spinup time 89 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7020 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 523688896 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 96 37 4576 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 94 94 6 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 110 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 571736091 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 42949672987 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 28 133366970 (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 -61572651120055 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1882612833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3884063249	46.7% Average	Read 81.4 Write 81.3 Mixed 77.7 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.37 83% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 40.1 117% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 21.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 120%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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