MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 129% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	130% 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	100% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	123 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160923
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.65 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 289 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 913 89% 732 Pts	64-Core 1,140 71% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$1,438 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 199 Parallax 178 149% 187 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 167 Splatting 126 114% 140 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 390GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12019 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1688 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1223 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23992125632	100% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 415 Mixed 421 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 28.9 159% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 28.6 61% 117 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 100 242178152 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 689 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 539525 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 721 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1044 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 85899345952 (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 -20401094654215 (F1) Unknown 100 253 413562854 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17428863117	99% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 156 Mixed 117 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.06 4K Mixed 0.76 207% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 94%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 143989856 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 716 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 504303 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 737 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 64 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 469 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 868 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 90194313248 (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 -73933567031456 (F1) Unknown 100 253 142894199 (F2) Unknown 100 253 143079466	89% Excellent	Read 112 Write 197 Mixed 161 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.88 226% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 108%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203793854 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 983 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 285166 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -26409753902027 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1273 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 77309411362 (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 -37267431225576 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104324299 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99469555 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 123 Write 87.2 Mixed 88 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.88 206% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 203914895 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 979 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 294503 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -24885040512051 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1255 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 77309411362 (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 -114121576020203 (F1) Unknown 100 253 104168275 (F2) Unknown 100 253 99746620 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	60.2% Good	Read 125 Write 83.9 Mixed 89.3 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.81 4K Write 4.58 4K Mixed 0.76 245% 2.38 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 916GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 64 43872746 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 965 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 388274 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -28071906245462 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 733 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1220 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 73014444066 (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 -58037893069035 (F1) Unknown 100 253 173362343 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114651071 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 111 Write 94.7 Mixed 77 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 610GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106442320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1133 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2574870 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1019 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 711 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2128 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 90194313246 (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 39191576578097 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2127631655 (F2) Unknown 100 253 611889331938	95.7% Outstanding	Read 156 Write 176 Mixed 127 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.86 222% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 111%
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 465GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 141 1866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 754 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 98 2 (BC) Unknown 81 70 133146017841 (BE) vendor-specific 68 58 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 171 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8066 (C2) HDA temperature 111 101 32 (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	61.6% Good	Read 147 Write 67.4 Mixed 92.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 48.5 MC Write 54 MC Mixed 46.8 142% 49.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 26.4 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 128%

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

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	25x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	24x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $226Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	10x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	9x

SSD
MX300 SATA M.2 275GBCrucial $42Bench 80%, 16,792 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $165Bench 402%, 182,136 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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Total price: $352

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