MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	245% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '19 at 15:35
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 640 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 825 51% 825 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 179 Parallax 193 125% 175 fps	MRender 203 Gravity 159 Splatting 112 124% 158 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1532 1506 1359 888 636 607 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,237 Write 1,578 Mixed 861 SusWrite 1,088 320% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.9 188% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 799 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 716 528% 699 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 353%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 257GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 467 470 465 428 468 379 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 474 Mixed 394 SusWrite 446 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 46 160% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 355 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 163GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 479 480 482 470 480 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 478 Mixed 373 SusWrite 478 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 46.2 161% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 146 145 108 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 160 Write 141 Mixed 79 SusWrite 125 93% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 41.5 MC Mixed 36 111% 38.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 21.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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

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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