MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.7% 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	73.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	17.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 17:33
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 202 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 626 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 123 Parallax 121 102% 123 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 108 Splatting 98.2 83% 102 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 11325 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1730 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 407 (A9) Unknown 100 100 132 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 280 (AE) Unknown 100 100 65 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 81 49 210454446099 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2337 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 36602 (F1) Unknown 253 253 16117 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10324 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	73.3% Very good	Read 448 Write 264 Mixed 304 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 21.4 99% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 47.7 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 231GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 172 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6208 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1724 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 37 4119395172376 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6146 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	85.5% Excellent	Read 147 Write 151 Mixed 137 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.24 118% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 109%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 249GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 312 (03) Spinup time 156 144 3200 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8353 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 14 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20878 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4391 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 498 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 711394 (C2) HDA temperature 117 81 26 (C4) Reallocation count 198 198 2 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.2% Average	Read 85.3 Write 75.4 Mixed 79.6 60% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 6x4GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.7 MC Write 40.3 MC Mixed 36.1 109% 38 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.7 50% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 110%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 42%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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