MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	139% 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	245% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	53.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 22:39
Run Duration	319 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 82.7 1-Core 115 2-Core 228 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 740 72% 594 Pts	64-Core 1,071 66% 1,071 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% Asus(1043 87AC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	139% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 217 Parallax 320 135% 235 fps	MRender 301 Gravity 234 Splatting 141 175% 226 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SKC2000M82000G 2TB 433 User benchmarks, average bench 298% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: S2780101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1343 705 1340 730 1423 1397 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,322 Write 1,888 Mixed 212 SusWrite 1,156 309% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 61.2 192% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 573 DQ Write 370 DQ Mixed 485 358% 476 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 368%
Sandisk S3 4T00 4TB 1,397 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2.5TB free Firmware: 30RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 380 388 346 398 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 306 Write 404 Mixed 262 SusWrite 375 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 34.8 111% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 219 181% 260 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 115%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 152 165 148 172 170 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 154 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 157 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 166 164 174 167 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 132 Write 155 Mixed 139 SusWrite 166 110% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.9 232% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 113 122 119 118 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 66.2 SusWrite 119 72% 98.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 178% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 810GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 154 160 163 159 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 162 Mixed 93.3 SusWrite 158 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 899GB free Firmware: ABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 141 156 155 147 153 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Read 161 Write 170 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 152 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 224GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 152 175 175 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 140 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 168 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 105%
SAMSUNG HD103SI 1TB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 744GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 83 95 86 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 88.5 Write 47.6 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 90.6 88% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 84% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 43%
SanDisk SDSSDH32000G 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 999GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 345 349 361 349 349 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	220% Outstanding	Read 103 Write 170 Mixed 177 SusWrite 349 298% 200 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 26.7 2,359% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 47.9 DQ Mixed 28.7 2,688% 32.9 MB/s
Poor: 169% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 220%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSE.16FA 4x16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71% Very good	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 129%

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Gaming 78%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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	127x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	121x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	83x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	64x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	61x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	51x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	24x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16