MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.4% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '17 at 02:14
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 131 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 535 8-Core 839 85% 687 Pts	64-Core 1,068 66% 1,068 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1664 MHz, MLim: 1851 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 127 Parallax 114 103% 122 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 112 Splatting 98.5 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1007C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^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 1314 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 75 (A4) Unknown 100 100 32384 (A5) Unknown 100 100 45 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 51 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 86 (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 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 248975 (F2) Unknown 100 100 169623 (F5) Unknown 100 100 518144	96.4% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 392 Mixed 440 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 33 130% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 18.9 84% 189 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181432976 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 43724599 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4400 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1974 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 67 504692764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3130 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 68719476764 (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 53386443493627 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5044128663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27087020915	95.6% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 182 Mixed 174 128% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 114%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 808GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 171 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7677 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 36265 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2070 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 645 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7031 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 33 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 82 82 13787 (F1) Unknown 200 200 6522730812 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6971584574	72.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 122 Mixed 113 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.42 126% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 175 3841 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6232 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1965 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 583 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5648 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 32 (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	86.8% Excellent	Read 189 Write 113 Mixed 107 102% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.43 122% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 4x8GB 325 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 46 MC Mixed 49.2 136% 47.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 25.5 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 119%

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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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Total price: $1,028

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