MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	125% 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.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	119.4 GB free of 128 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 15:55
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 37.4 2-Core 68.4 39% 57.7 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 210 20% 167 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 98%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SEDC1000H800G 800GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 522GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FTD4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 758 833 1028 773 732 996 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	125% Outstanding	Read 861 Write 1,113 Mixed 516 SusWrite 853 189% 836 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 40 4K Mixed 25.1 87% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 287 203% 263 MB/s
Poor: 121% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 147%
Kingston SEDC1000H800G 800GB 1.5TB free Firmware: E7FTD4.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1847 1878 1875 1868 1914 1993 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	206% Outstanding	Read 1,254 Write 1,758 Mixed 459 SusWrite 1,896 304% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 28.5 93% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 282 201% 259 MB/s

Seagate ST2000NM0011 2TB-$60 4,076 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: SN02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 99 102 102 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	59.3% Above average	Read 106 Write 99.5 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 100 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 8x16GB 328 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 31.6 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.8 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 177%

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

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

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