MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	129% 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	60.6% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '17 at 08:58
Run Duration	456 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 202 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 652 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 209 Parallax 204 143% 196 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 187 Splatting 131 122% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6784 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1335 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 89 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5555 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180389740573 (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 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 39023490013 (F7) Unknown 100 100 702373477 (F8) Unknown 100 100 979133477	60.6% Good	Read 509 Write 170 Mixed 321 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 15.3 94% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 13.8 22% 39.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 105%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$125 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 257GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 191 9083 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1745 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13652 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 206 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1829 (C2) HDA temperature 122 106 30 (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 200 200 0	61.2% Good	Read 127 Write 85.8 Mixed 97 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.17 80% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 99%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 176 6008 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2871 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 171 171 87148 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 87.7 Mixed 90 69% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 82% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 96%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 15GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 45 694 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9410 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9562 (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 97 97 15181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2498 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 45 694 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4263 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 66 336658452 (C2) HDA temperature 77 63 386990103 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 409717 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 98 98 67 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	36.5% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 50.6 Mixed 72.1 50% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.28 76% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 58%
WD Elements 25A2 3TB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 40GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	28.6% Poor	Read 74.9 Write 61 Mixed 59.4 81% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.21 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.16 55% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 28.6% Great: 55%
Pretec 01GB 1GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID ba65 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.73% Terrible	Read 17.6 Write 4.28 Mixed 1.53 7% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.14 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 36% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.73% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x16GB 9,797 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.4% Very good	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 23.2 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 95%

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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