MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	193% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 102 2-Core 200 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 620 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 792 49% 792 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% 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: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 109 Parallax 103 86% 106 fps	MRender 92.7 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 92.7 76% 93.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 754 473 468 462 456 453 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,880 Write 1,250 Mixed 612 SusWrite 511 235% 1,063 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.7 188% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 732 DQ Write 550 DQ Mixed 608 464% 630 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 430GB free Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 402 413 394 399 396 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 477 Write 455 Mixed 436 SusWrite 400 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 49.4 166% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 354 266% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 153GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 382 347 368 393 390 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 452 Mixed 411 SusWrite 379 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 51.5 171% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 351 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 560GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 164 162 161 162 165 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 115 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 163 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 796GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 152 151 152 148 152 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 107 Mixed 75.7 SusWrite 150 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 114%
TS-RDF5 SD Transcend 8GB 287 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.9 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Read 11.2 Write 6 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 6.2 8% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.5% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 19.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17.7 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 105%

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Gaming 78%

Battleship

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 69%

Battle cruiser

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 $90Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $620

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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