MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

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Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	109% 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.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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	44.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 05 '18 at 02:03
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 90.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 797 78% 640 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 156 Parallax 134 116% 144 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 138 Splatting 117 103% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11228 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 93 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2228285 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 279 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 66 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9510
Poor: 48% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 344GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	96% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 157 Mixed 122 114% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.35 103% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 114%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 13GB free Firmware: 10.01E04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 163 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2887 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 37 37 46238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1047 (BE) vendor-specific 69 34 31 (C2) HDA temperature 112 77 31 (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	27.5% Poor	Read 48.6 Write 46.9 Mixed 47.3 36% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 6x8GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 37.6 MC Mixed 34 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $279	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 $184	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) $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