MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% 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	98.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '17 at 23:17
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 212 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 634 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 157 Parallax 165 114% 154 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 130 Splatting 115 98% 120 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4778 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 990 (B1) Unknown 98 98 27 (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 61 60 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25722745280	98.6% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 402 Mixed 415 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 56.6 4K Mixed 37.3 129% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 119 142% 249 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 840GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164026080 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38038345 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (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 67 64 555221025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27442 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 68719476769 (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 -72121090830567 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17915779326 (F2) Unknown 100 253 586665803752	91.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 137 Mixed 149 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 6,329 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	6.57% Terrible	Read 22.8 Write 5.92 Mixed 7.45 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.24 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 31% 2.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.57% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.3% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 61%

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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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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