MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.4% 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	61.4% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '16 at 19:10
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 99 2-Core 201 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 625 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 104 88% 109 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 89.4 77% 94.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 274GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3726 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 362 (B1) Unknown 99 99 20 (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 58 33 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20441176020	37.1% Below average	Read 497 Write 79.1 Mixed 133 51% 236 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.33 47% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 131%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 48076863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 28518582870836 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2241 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 76 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 65 42953932829 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 48076863 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 48076863 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 48076863 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 24219 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21305 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21305 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26896	61.4% Good	Read 489 Write 122 Mixed 199 59% 270 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 14.7 96% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 43.8 61% 113 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 83%
WD Re 2TB-$28 16,276 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 35527 (03) Spinup time 40 40 15000 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5584 (05) Reallocated sector count 140 140 474 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37508 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5059 (C2) HDA temperature 117 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 456 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 197 891 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 198 551 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 185 179 3021	49.4% Average	Read 93.2 Write 79 Mixed 113 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.22 61% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 83%
WD WD20EVDS-63T3B0 2TB 919 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 384GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 146 9083 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16800 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31913 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2886 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 251850 (C2) HDA temperature 122 93 30 (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 172856 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 67 Write 94.4 Mixed 69.2 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.24 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.2% Good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 117%

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Gaming 47%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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