MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.1% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	12.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 11:39
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 105 2-Core 224 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 709 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 113 Parallax 110 91% 112 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 97.5 Splatting 99.9 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8371 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 159 (B1) Unknown 95 95 97 (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 56 48 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 24 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40110884192	95.1% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 409 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 72 4K Mixed 34.8 140% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 68.9 79% 133 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LS 120GB-$98 9,315 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 91GB free Firmware: S8FM06.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 19 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20000 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 874 (A2) Unknown 100 100 81604378729 (AA) Unknown 100 100 229 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 17891713 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 103 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 90 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14348 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4210	61.4% Good	Read 503 Write 201 Mixed 285 72% 330 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 10.3 79% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 27.9 54% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 166 4525 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 676441 (C2) HDA temperature 110 102 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	69.6% Good	Read 129 Write 113 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.18 87% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 46.6 MC Write 61.4 MC Mixed 47.8 148% 51.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 21.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 109%

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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 $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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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