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 above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.5% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140925
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 04:40
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 84.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 214 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 727 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 490 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 724 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 426 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11990799143	75.5% Very good	Read 503 Write 409 Mixed 409 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 17.3 82% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 15.6 47% 95.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 171 966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1955 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 841 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9574 (C2) HDA temperature 120 98 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.4% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 114 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 67%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$78 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 411 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3213 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 29 (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	84.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 147 Mixed 144 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.29 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: CC98 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 4664984 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 653 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 529792 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 208 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 588 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 488177692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 449 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 690 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 8 4664984 (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 44268227920101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3496332891 (F2) Unknown 100 253 431920970	76.2% Very good	Read 139 Write 127 Mixed 124 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.14 68% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (81^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 34.9 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 107%

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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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Total price: $1,028

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 $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) $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