MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	193% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 13:20
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 89.5 2-Core 169 68% 115 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 562 51% 428 Pts	64-Core 766 47% 766 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 229E) 2GB CLim: 1036 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 19% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 222GB free Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9779 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3733 (A5) Unknown 100 100 695906993765 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 127 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 57 244814118947 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622906680838 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4593 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17152 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13401 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13360 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.5% Good	Read 463 Write 329 Mixed 329 83% 374 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 17.6 77% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 45.3 52% 83.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	193% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,218 319% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 21.9 123% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 19.9 62% 138 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 193% Great: 236%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 853GB free Firmware: ES22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 71165312 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1424 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1782394 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 279 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 555810849 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1436 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 85899345953 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 754GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 98 84569072 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14054 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54807586 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4549 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 51 51 49 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 65 48 735028838435 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 219 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64572 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 -140737488355293 (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 -41622528060072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20037532851 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20667899987	94.3% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 162 Mixed 150 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.32 93% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 24.7 Write 8.61 Mixed 10.3 16% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.21 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 1.47 135% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.2% Outstanding	MC Read 36.3 MC Write 39.4 MC Mixed 34.4 105% 36.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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 $179	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