MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.5% 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	87.4% 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	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 02:32
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 798 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 1,014 63% 1,014 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 88%

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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 97% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 87% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 283GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 717 Write 548 Mixed 575 136% 613 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 31.8 151% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 49 DQ Write 365 DQ Mixed 160 137% 191 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 3 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10097 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 384 (B1) Unknown 89 89 214 (B3) Unknown 99 99 3 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 48 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 159 (F1) Unknown 99 99 170205160652	87.4% Excellent	Read 512 Write 400 Mixed 407 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 24.5 135% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 23.7 30% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 21 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 170 1308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 381 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10087 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 379 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 521863198 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 209 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9498 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0
Poor: 52% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 6GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 141 Write 71.8 Mixed 101 124% 105 MB/s	4K Read 5.08 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 1.48 139% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	120% Outstanding	MC Read 45.8 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 45.4 132% 46.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.6 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%

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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 $499Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	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