MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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 MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	119.2 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '20 at 13:55
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 114 2-Core 232 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 852 76% 642 Pts	64-Core 1,482 92% 1,482 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 192 Parallax 182 144% 184 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 187 Splatting 126 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 38GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 443 440 410 388 186 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 463 Write 468 Mixed 387 SusWrite 385 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 56.3 187% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 356 268% 358 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,967 Write 1,434 Mixed 826 310% 1,409 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 56.3 211% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 447 386% 585 MB/s
Poor: 138% Great: 283%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 131GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 1086 1094 1094 1093 1015 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1,300 Write 1,078 Mixed 923 SusWrite 1,080 246% 1,095 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 66.3 230% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,048 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 897 678% 913 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 363%
Asmt ASM1352R-Volume 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 388 387 386 343 385 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.9% Very good	Read 362 Write 380 Mixed 278 SusWrite 379 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 25.9 86% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 142 107% 143 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 288GB free Firmware: 0-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 63 63 63 63 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 27 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 62.6 32% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 44%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 564GB free Firmware: 1A01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 79.5 Write 77.3 Mixed 48 51% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 654GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 152 162 126 155 141 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 118 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 147 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.5 171% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 114%
Lacie Mobile Drive 5TB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 4TB free Firmware: 0003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 132 132 131 129 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	67% Good	Read 102 Write 126 Mixed 77 SusWrite 131 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.7 190% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 69%
Jmicron H/W RAID10 6TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 3TB free Firmware: 0958 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 220 229 226 229 230 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	124% Outstanding	Read 208 Write 130 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 225 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 0.3 129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 129%
Seagate BUP BL 4TB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 140 137 137 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 112 Write 131 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 138 156% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C14 8x16GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	MC Read 61.9 MC Write 60.5 MC Mixed 52.9 167% 58.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 22.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 148%

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Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

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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 $499Bench 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 $150Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16