MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	107% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	16.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '17 at 09:52
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (91^st percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 734 71% 583 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 110 Parallax 99.7 88% 106 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 79.8 72% 88.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5791 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 566 (B1) Unknown 96 96 72 (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 64 44 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 35311366268	107% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 412 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 41.1 157% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 103 132% 240 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 136GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 165 6383 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1477 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27425 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1276 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 772 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200332 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 30 (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 200 197 0	47.9% Average	Read 81.2 Write 85.1 Mixed 84.1 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.22 96% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 67%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 4TB 1,113 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 3TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 176 Write 174 Mixed 131 202% 160 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 133% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 22.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 94%

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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 $103Bench 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 $92Bench 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 $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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