MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 102%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive151% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160525
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 27 '18 at 17:52
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
80.6% Excellent
Memory 89.3
1-Core 98.7
2-Core 193
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 645
63% 517 Pts
64-Core 794
49% 794 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 80.6%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 196
Parallax 178
141% 183 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 179
Splatting 125
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 726 752 765 734 767 769 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 1,083
Write 757
Mixed 498
SusWrite 752
172% 773 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 41.3
147% 53.5 MB/s
DQ Read 420
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 104
149% 279 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 151%
Great: 159%
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35
223GB free
Firmware: 605ABBF2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 141 167 169 165 174 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Read 308
Write 250
Mixed 256
SusWrite 166
55% 245 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 91.8
4K Mixed 41
145% 54 MB/s
DQ Read 216
DQ Write 244
DQ Mixed 210
163% 223 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 85%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
126GB free
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 570 564 556 550 550 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 662
Write 551
Mixed 440
SusWrite 560
124% 553 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 108
4K Mixed 50.7
178% 65.2 MB/s
DQ Read 774
DQ Write 615
DQ Mixed 711
528% 700 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 147%
Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$32
600GB free
Firmware: CC37
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 102 103 106 107 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
58.8% Above average
Read 100
Write 100
Mixed 59.8
SusWrite 104
67% 91.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.9
160% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown F4-3200C15-8GTZKW F4-3200C15-8GTZSW F4-3200C15-8GTZKW F4-3200C15-8GTZSW 32GB
3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz
8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.5% Good
MC Read 28.6
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 21.8
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 19.4
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 68.1
59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 66.5%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 702 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser

Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $419
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