MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	133% 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	103% 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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '17 at 18:44
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 711 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602); MSI 1080 TI Gaming X CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 207 Parallax 204 152% 199 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 186 Splatting 130 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^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 2825 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1228 (B1) Unknown 100 100 252203 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 732868 (F2) Unknown 100 100 426045	103% Outstanding	Read 581 Write 544 Mixed 575 127% 567 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 25.1 136% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 37.3 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 24.2 57% 112 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 129%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 280GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 169 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1082 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51003 (C2) HDA temperature 118 110 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	49.8% Average	Read 61.1 Write 113 Mixed 104 70% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.08 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.16 48% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 280GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 4266 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3437 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1083 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48224 (C2) HDA temperature 119 111 28 (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	49% Average	Read 57.7 Write 113 Mixed 81 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 52% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x4GB 424 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 34.3 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 104%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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