MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '16 at 00:20
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 636 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 801 50% 801 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.11.4 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	63% Good	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 59 Parallax 116 64% 84.3 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 75.5 62% 75 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 701 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 945 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 77312950305 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 160010 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 160010 (F2) Unknown 100 100 318931 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26113	63.6% Good	Read 435 Write 224 Mixed 289 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 11.9 83% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 10.5 58% 133 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 95%
WD WD5000AVVS-63H0B1 500GB 11,411 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 434GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 147 145 3641 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3219 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 686 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4548 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 26 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.4% Average	Read 81.4 Write 66.1 Mixed 73.9 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.7% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 12.9 34% 12 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 83%

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 42%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) - $289

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	446x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	87x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	34x

GPU
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	56x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	50x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
TS512GSSD230S 512GBTranscendBench 92%, 2,577 samples	11x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	17x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	13x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GBCorsair $210Bench 88%, 3,970 samples	12x

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Total price: $1,028

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 $178	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