MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 10:48
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 696 68% 559 Pts	64-Core 854 53% 854 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1655 MHz, MLim: 2037 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 79 Parallax 71.4 63% 76 fps	MRender 86.1 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 66.7 60% 75.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SHSS37A480G 480GB 14,802 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 866 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 1276 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196630 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1441795 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C2) HDA temperature 73 54 197569544219 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1558 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1308 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41446 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 22 (F6) Unknown 100 100 485824	100% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 508 Mixed 505 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 13.9 118% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 14.2 99% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10520 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 549 (AD) Unknown 100 100 23332544 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9790 (C2) HDA temperature 71 51 210454446109 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 89 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2716 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2043 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11232 (F4) Unknown 100 100 356 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1728 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24320960	100% Outstanding	Read 526 Write 509 Mixed 510 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 13.7 118% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 14.2 97% 225 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 111%
OCZ VERTEX-PLUS 60GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 56GB free Firmware: 3.50 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16992 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3165 (E8) Unknown 100 100 165685 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100	24.2% Poor	Read 155 Write 82.2 Mixed 119 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 8.9 4K Mixed 3.91 42% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 45.5 DQ Write 8.9 DQ Mixed 3.85 9% 19.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 36%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 128GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 133 130 4333 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6100 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 27825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3301 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 868 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6100 (C2) HDA temperature 117 83 26 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.8% Average	Read 79.4 Write 84 Mixed 84.3 62% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.27 59% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 58%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 51GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 13 (03) Spinup time 133 132 4308 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8270 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2024 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 400 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8270 (C2) HDA temperature 118 88 25 (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	55.9% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 96.6 Mixed 93.8 72% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.27 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB-$182 7,414 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 42.3 123% 43.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 22.5 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 101%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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