MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	102% 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	98.9% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150529
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 22:21
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.3 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 586 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3367) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 141 Parallax 137 107% 136 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 103 93% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2926 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 310 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 66 58 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2407701862	103% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 411 Mixed 420 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 41.8 145% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 120 134% 230 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11350 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 874 (B1) Unknown 91 91 188 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 56 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 77 (F1) Unknown 99 99 28590221633	98.9% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 409 Mixed 412 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 37.6 136% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 99.1 120% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 454GB free Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 178122719 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 18361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 49864919 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 53419 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1520 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 65545 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 605421599 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 64424509471 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 18 178122719 (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 114916145016214 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2591163099 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2158280850	43.1% Average	Read 70.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 73.7 56% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.36 79% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 68%
Hitachi HDS728080PLA380 80GB-$33 1,073 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 74GB free Firmware: PF2OA63A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 103 103 12897681601 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8322 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 28 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 78344 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2065 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9350 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9350 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 257699020835 (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 200 253 0	32.1% Below average	Read 54.9 Write 56.5 Mixed 55.7 42% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.4 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.7% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 164%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 634 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $94Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 40% - Below average

Total price: $1,014

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 $45	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