MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '18 at 04:41
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 93.7 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 734 77% 615 Pts	64-Core 990 61% 990 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 109 Reflection 120 Parallax 96.8 89% 109 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 392 Write 370 Mixed 264 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 23.9 109% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 73.1 DQ Mixed 107 86% 124 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 104%
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 6GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 15 22 31 4.3 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 210 Write 27.7 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 25.2 16% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 10.2 67% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 40.9 DQ Mixed 24.9 36% 69.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%
Intel 320 Series 80GB-$60 4,402 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 14GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 81 63 62 53 57 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 257 Write 91.5 Mixed 116 SusWrite 67.6 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 38.7 4K Mixed 20.6 77% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 58.5 54% 84.6 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 45%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 91GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 903 905 903 843 833 849 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,052 Write 831 Mixed 873 SusWrite 872 256% 1,157 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 60.8 242% 92.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,077 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 402 375% 603 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 243%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 326GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 88 89 89 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 84.7 Write 81.5 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 87.8 64% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 85%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 447GB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 105 100 102 105 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 90.7 Write 91.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 102 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 216% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	120% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 55.7 MC Mixed 42.7 134% 47.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 148%

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $275Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Total price: $571

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