MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	70.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 15:21
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 762 75% 613 Pts	64-Core 927 57% 927 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 145 Parallax 130 115% 139 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 138 Splatting 109 98% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 838GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4259890 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 57 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1002 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 70 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 62 266288955425 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60129542158 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 587 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1038 (F1) Unknown 253 253 891 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1274 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 346 Mixed 326 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 28 4K Mixed 16.1 74% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 38.9 75% 155 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2630 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 763 (A5) Unknown 100 100 150401123391 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 64 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1132 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 72 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 57 244814118945 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3341489210122 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 5761 (EA) Unknown 100 100 22294 (F1) Unknown 253 253 20308 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13771 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.6% Very good	Read 487 Write 340 Mixed 263 80% 364 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 27 4K Mixed 15.7 73% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 37.5 68% 139 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	126% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 57.8 MC Mixed 45.7 142% 49.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 21.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 118%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 69%

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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 $279	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 $184	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) $30	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