MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.4% 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	499% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7A21
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM (MS-7A21) (all builds)
Memory	60.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180614
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '18 at 07:39
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 906 90% 731 Pts	64-Core 1117 69% 1117 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% PowerColor(148C 2387) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1650 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 94 Parallax 172 91% 126 fps	MRender 91.2 Gravity 115 Splatting 133 95% 113 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPED1D48 480GB 345 User benchmarks, average bench 407% 302GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1658 1651 1645 1653 1659 1660 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	499% Outstanding	Read 2,205 Write 1,800 Mixed 1,973 SusWrite 1,654 429% 1,908 MB/s	4K Read 274 4K Write 221 4K Mixed 240 840% 245 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 1071 814% 1,103 MB/s
Poor: 258% ↑ This bench: 499% Great: 527%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 6TB 283 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 283 288 284 288 284 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	34.8% Below average	Read 355 Write 100 Mixed 107 SusWrite 285 47% 212 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 8.3 4K Mixed 1.3 10% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 3.8 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 3.7 4% 5.27 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 426%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 282GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 617 618 617 618 618 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 753 Write 617 Mixed 535 SusWrite 616 142% 630 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 66.3 243% 91.9 MB/s	DQ Read 780 DQ Write 622 DQ Mixed 824 583% 742 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 254%
Apricorn 500GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4GB free, PID 0301 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 41.6 Write 39.8 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 40 54% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 114% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 161%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 8x8GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 61.9 MC Mixed 43.6 146% 50.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 24.3 60% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 103% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 130%

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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%

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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 $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	20x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 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 $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