MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	85.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	430 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 198 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 722 67% 560 Pts	64-Core 1,049 65% 1,049 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 152 Parallax 144 122% 149 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 140 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 630GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7033 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 70 50 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 11187020 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11436465995	80.5% Excellent	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 431 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 23.4 107% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 22 26% 43 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 135%
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 60 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 48 223339282463 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 17660136548 (F7) Unknown 100 100 560015079 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1458390455	85.3% Excellent	Read 501 Write 467 Mixed 466 107% 478 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 24.1 93% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 123 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 42.4 73% 139 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 107%
Samsung Portable SSD T3 250GB 1,227 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 56GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 426 Write 1.49 Mixed 397 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 35.8 4K Mixed 13.2 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 0.1 DQ Mixed 13.3 22% 47.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 75%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 9GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Read 32.2 Write 6.54 Mixed 10.5 16% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.86 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.18 28% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (86^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 44.2 MC Write 39.2 MC Mixed 35.8 114% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%

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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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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 $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