MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	120% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '18 at 04:27
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 730 75% 607 Pts	64-Core 982 61% 982 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 98% 117 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 108 Splatting 109 89% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 76GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,950 Write 1,521 Mixed 817 315% 1,429 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 173 4K Mixed 62.3 232% 92 MB/s	DQ Read 1,017 DQ Write 900 DQ Mixed 852 668% 923 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 454 469 467 456 401 388 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 476 Mixed 393 SusWrite 439 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.9 185% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 562GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 256 257 255 260 260 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 109%

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	125% Outstanding	MC Read 49 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 48.9 138% 48.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 25.6 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 118%

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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 $103Bench 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 $46

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