MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 09:48
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 97.7 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 609 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 99.6 Parallax 99 78% 98.2 fps	MRender 82.6 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 79.9 67% 82.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 202GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5708732 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 39436389718417 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1805 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 612 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 37 1013614706712 (C2) HDA temperature 24 37 1013614706712 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5708732 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5708732 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5708732 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19727 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16156 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16156 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5420	82.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 246 Mixed 291 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 21.9 125% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 83.4 102% 182 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 94%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11005 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2796 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 182 (F1) Unknown 99 99 17621764154	84.2% Excellent	Read 504 Write 349 Mixed 345 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 52.4 4K Mixed 24.3 108% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 81.8 102% 182 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 136GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2352 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 259 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1477730456	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 412 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 42.8 157% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 105 121% 210 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 86GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18025 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6261 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 247 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 977162 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 11421753 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 1 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 177242583 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 95 95 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 977162 (F2) Unknown 100 100 397575	44.9% Average	Read 257 Write 135 Mixed 171 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 20.4 4K Write 37.2 4K Mixed 16.4 72% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 31.9 44% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x16GB 15,722 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.2% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 10.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10 SC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 115%

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Typical X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $479Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $159Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $609

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16