MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 95.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	212% 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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	42.8 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 13:36
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 258 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 820 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 295X2 (CrossFire Disabled) 2,533 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AMD(1002 0B2A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1018 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Lighting 67.2 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 86.8 55% 71.4 fps	MRender 59.5 Gravity 59.2 Splatting 76.2 54% 65 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE2MW800G4 800GB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 181% 351GB free Firmware: 8EV10135 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,958 Write 914 Mixed 1,235 301% 1,369 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 40 216% 93 MB/s	DQ Read 453 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 191 214% 361 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 217%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 273GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,038 Write 1,020 Mixed 1,239 315% 1,432 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 31.1 200% 86.5 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 404 DQ Mixed 175 150% 208 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 230%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17679240 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 8600966351 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29718 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1367 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032835 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 66 471400474 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 597 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17795 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 68719476762 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58583353941622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5561145530 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9714506516	77.9% Very good	Read 111 Write 159 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.13 4K Mixed 0.79 211% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 94%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 678GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 187 5475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39546 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 642 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 197645 (C2) HDA temperature 125 115 25 (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	56.8% Above average	Read 103 Write 94.6 Mixed 92.6 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.14 72% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2800 2OZ 6x8GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 22.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 92%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	9x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	4x
WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN 1TBBench 285%, 20,671 samples	4x

RAM
Aegis DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 79%, 1,332 samples	5x
Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 8x4GBG.SKILLBench 104%, 24 samples	4x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBKingstonBench 89%, 6,294 samples	4x

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Value: 102% - Outstanding

Total price: $366

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16