MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	91.2% 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '16 at 09:59
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 691 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 98.6 Parallax 79.5 81% 92.4 fps	MRender 95.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.6 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 557GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 140 100 140 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886802451 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 76 30 128850264088 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 637 (EA) Unknown 100 100 796 (F1) Unknown 253 253 584 (F2) Unknown 253 253 103 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.1% Good	Read 431 Write 196 Mixed 218 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 16.5 84% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 37.2 79% 166 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 142 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 48 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 74 65 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 435025297	91.2% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 77.3 4K Mixed 24 131% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 105 96% 140 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 134%
Kingston SKC300S37A120G 51GB 48GB free Firmware: 524A Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	90% Excellent	Read 504 Write 205 Mixed 234 69% 314 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 27.3 169% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 39.3 68% 130 MB/s

Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 2,132 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 5TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 574 Write 288 Mixed 273 281% 378 MB/s	4K Read 9.82 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.5 508% 4.23 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 293%
Hitachi HDS723020BLE640 2TB 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OAAB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21490827561 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6818 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1373 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3503 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 163209871391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 160 Mixed 180 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 106% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 103%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 2,805 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 708GB free, PID 6123 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 142 Write 143 Mixed 78.8 150% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.35 64% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 40 119% 41.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 115%

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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 $179	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