MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.1% 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	88.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 22:19
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 203 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 594 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.1% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 111 Parallax 108 86% 108 fps	MRender 93.7 Gravity 96.5 Splatting 86.7 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 402 311 310 295 297 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 442 Write 421 Mixed 334 SusWrite 335 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 39.8 140% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.6 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 240 162% 189 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 101GB free Firmware: BBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 79 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 139 Write 104 Mixed 102 SusWrite 81 24% 106 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 69.9 4K Mixed 23.7 99% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 96.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 82.2 67% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 2.5TB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 71 84 84 85 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Read 435 Write 378 Mixed 394 SusWrite 80.7 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 76.9 4K Mixed 44 154% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 311 233% 309 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 466GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1989 970 807 806 806 802 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1946 Write 1,851 Mixed 1,653 SusWrite 1030 364% 1620 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 64.9 213% 73.5 MB/s	DQ Read 59.5 DQ Write 459 DQ Mixed 484 307% 334 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 355%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 473GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 143 145 147 142 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 139 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 143 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x4GB 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.8% Outstanding	MC Read 36 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 34.2 105% 36.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.1 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%

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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 $78Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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