MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '16 at 01:40
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 711 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Asus(1043 04A1) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.164.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 44.4 30% 38.2 fps	MRender 29.6 Gravity 30.9 Splatting 38.1 28% 32.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 42 (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 68 60 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28965547980	80.5% Excellent	Read 504 Write 408 Mixed 404 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 17.6 101% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 16.8 48% 94.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 134%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 602GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 7916 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16758 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 188 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 175 175 77813 (C2) HDA temperature 126 107 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.8% Above average	Read 87 Write 89.4 Mixed 85.6 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.27 110% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 100%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 223GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 142 142 38685245901 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1292 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180390133793 (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	50.4% Above average	Read 88.8 Write 86.5 Mixed 87.6 66% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.43 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 97%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 188 9033 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10799 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26467 (C2) HDA temperature 130 100 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	50.8% Above average	Read 141 Write 36.2 Mixed 51.5 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.11 45% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 99%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 22GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 203 194 8808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7938 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 63 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9160 (C2) HDA temperature 130 102 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75.3% Very good	Read 203 Write 60.1 Mixed 65.9 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 99%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 22GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 179 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16474 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13705 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 188 188 37734 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	75% Very good	Read 143 Write 119 Mixed 87.4 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.16 70% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 100%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 923GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Read 84.1 Write 74.3 Mixed 60.6 91% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.27 35% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB 1,125 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (81^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	113% Outstanding	MC Read 40.8 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 39.7 126% 44.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 20.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 156%

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Desktop 81%

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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 $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 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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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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