MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	265% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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	54.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	240 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6900K-$120 6,755 User benchmarks, average bench 86% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 818 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 888 55% 888 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 98%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2012 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 106 Parallax 91.3 87% 101 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 93.4 76% 93 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 1.2TB-$1,000 994 User benchmarks, average bench 202% 568GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	265% Outstanding	Read 2,299 Write 1,145 Mixed 1,536 366% 1,660 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 230 4K Mixed 50.7 248% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 239 291% 517 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 265% Great: 250%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5.5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 134 134 42981720558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4989 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 85 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 363 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 363 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 223339347995 (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 200 200 0	84% Excellent	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 83.8 93% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.14 4K Write 3.54 4K Mixed 0.52 171% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 121%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 611GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 133 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 270 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 29 (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 100 253 0
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
WD Purple 1TB (2014)-$40 18,782 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 611GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 131 4366 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 268 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 29 (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 100 253 0	128% Outstanding	Read 237 Write 209 Mixed 192 159% 213 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 3.97 4K Mixed 0.39 150% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 85%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 74GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 167 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3643 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21192 (C2) HDA temperature 122 111 28 (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	49.6% Average	Read 100 Write 72.7 Mixed 6.55 43% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 88 52461996 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 9019 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 47696706 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 47927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 575 (B7) Unknown 1 1 498 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1388 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295294981 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 521601049 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 25 52461996 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -10548439652029 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3064370676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2546087490	37.9% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 62.9 Mixed 27 39% 53 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.44 95% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,054 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	MC Read 53.2 MC Write 59.6 MC Mixed 56.3 161% 56.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 140%

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Typical X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) Builds (Compare 106 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 81%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 72%

Battleship

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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 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 $168Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $571

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $176	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