MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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 Drive	83.1% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 16:51
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 765 77% 624 Pts	64-Core 987 61% 987 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3605) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 181 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 147% 188 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 177 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 463GB free Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	259% Outstanding	Read 2,276 Write 1,378 Mixed 1,205 357% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 49.5 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 30.8 126% 283 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 259% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13208 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1655 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 66 63 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 165 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3969916416	83.1% Excellent	Read 510 Write 349 Mixed 354 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 73.1 4K Mixed 22.4 132% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 44.7 DQ Write 78.6 DQ Mixed 70.1 51% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101902688 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6206 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 22577901 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13092 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2049 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 4866768928 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52645 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 -140737488355296 (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 62023622725267 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34165508391367 (F2) Unknown 100 253 118304864489481	117% Outstanding	Read 234 Write 173 Mixed 162 142% 190 MB/s	4K Read 1.05 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3640623AS 640GB-$192 864 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 355GB free Firmware: SD43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 60046948 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4676 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338017303 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 10 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2698 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885099395 (BD) vendor-specific 34 34 66 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 555024417 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 31 60046948 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.4% Good	Read 108 Write 103 Mixed 100 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%
TrekStor DS maxi g.u 500GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 449GB free, PID 001b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 38.4 Mixed 38.4 50% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.37 68% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSC.8FARG 4x4GB 438 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 36.2 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 22.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%

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Desktop 80%

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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 $78Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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