MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.1% 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	68.3% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 02:05
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 215 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 662 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 36DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1621 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Lighting 97.7 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 91.3 80% 94.5 fps	MRender 85.8 Gravity 84.5 Splatting 75.6 66% 81.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Apotop S3C 128GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0530A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1941 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2042 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 440 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 41885 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 27 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 44 (A3) Unknown 100 100 26 (A4) Unknown 100 100 189543 (A5) Unknown 100 100 239 (A6) Unknown 100 100 136 (A7) Unknown 100 100 186 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 96 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 454 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 373048 (F2) Unknown 100 100 531362	68.3% Good	Read 492 Write 151 Mixed 231 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 78 4K Mixed 25.5 107% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 52.8 68% 122 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 83%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 143GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 12896829622 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2086 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 11803 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2023 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2134 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 197569151004 (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	58.9% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 106 Mixed 126 84% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FBD 2x8GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.1% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 11 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 13.1 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 71%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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