MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.9% 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	202% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 17:23
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 209 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 668 65% 535 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3086 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 37 Parallax 30.6 26% 33.3 fps	MRender 47.3 Gravity 33.1 Splatting 43.1 34% 41.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 91GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3742 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 144 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 51 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 27 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1201128428
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,839 Write 1,197 Mixed 1,183 311% 1,406 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 34.5 149% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 96.3 112% 198 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 254%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 133 133 38687212015 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (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 1675 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 110 (C2) HDA temperature 125 125 274879283248 (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	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 185 Mixed 169 135% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 4.41 4K Mixed 0.63 190% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 122%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 458GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 132 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3734 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 454 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (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	81.9% Excellent	Read 139 Write 146 Mixed 114 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.27 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$95 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 260GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 140935132 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 18719792 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 -28449863366713 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 689897508 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 348 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 85899345956 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -35248796596287 (F1) Unknown 100 253 10278120864 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3346573198	58.1% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.4 Mixed 87.1 72% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.25 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 105%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 2,149 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 23GB free, PID null Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	9.71% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 11.5 Mixed 14.6 19% 16.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.25 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.3 59% 2.14 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.71% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M2C3000C15 2x16GB 6,222 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 102%

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Gaming 81%

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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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Value: 66% - Good

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) $39	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