MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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.
Boot Drive	214% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 00:03
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$78 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 761 76% 616 Pts	64-Core 953 59% 953 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6284) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 136 Reflection 139 Parallax 132 111% 135 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 128 Splatting 102 91% 112 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 447GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5581 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 788 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 822 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2031729 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C2) HDA temperature 69 51 210454577183 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 15186 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11863 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12495 (F4) Unknown 100 100 31 (F5) Unknown 100 100 113 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4289472	98.5% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 506 Mixed 508 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 13.9 114% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 13.9 95% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 110%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,188 Mixed 1,138 321% 1,458 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 31.9 175% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 55.4 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 137 117% 164 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 40GB free Firmware: SAFM001B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 766 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 797 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262156 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 102 (C2) HDA temperature 67 49 219044511777 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2386 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2194 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6223 (F4) Unknown 100 100 4 (F5) Unknown 100 100 12 (F6) Unknown 100 100 637056	97.2% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 504 Mixed 507 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 13.8 113% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 13.5 93% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 110%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 647GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 82.2 Mixed 79.4 106% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 49.2 MC Mixed 38.1 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%

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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 $78Bench 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 $95Bench 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 $274	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 $184	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