MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.8% 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	116% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 685 71% 569 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 1976) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Lighting 67.4 Reflection 70.1 Parallax 63.3 55% 66.9 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 63.6 Splatting 54.7 51% 64.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 474 190 163 151 148 149 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 403 SusWrite 212 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.3 215% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 142GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 97 98 99 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 95.7 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 98.2 64% 87.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 59%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 552GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 153 152 150 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 151 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 151 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 109%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 261GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 31 Write 5 Mixed 9.7 SusWrite 32 24% 19.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.9% Very good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 116%

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Gaming 123%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 108%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A MPOWER (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	18x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	10x

GPU
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	9x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	7x

SSD
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBWDBench 168%, 15,006 samples	9x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	4x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	4x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	4x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	4x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $629

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16