MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (19%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 10:13
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 802 80% 652 Pts	64-Core 989 61% 989 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.4% 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: 1635 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 78.7 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 70.4 64% 75.8 fps	MRender 83.3 Gravity 72.3 Splatting 62.3 58% 72.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 47GB free Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 93 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (64) Unknown 100 100 293824 (65) Unknown 100 100 77632 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 63 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1487 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 171799937058 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 818 (EA) Unknown 100 100 682 (F1) Unknown 100 100 699 (F2) Unknown 100 100 291 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	61.9% Good	Read 484 Write 253 Mixed 260 73% 332 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 43.8 4K Mixed 10.3 72% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 26.5 51% 104 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 92%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 69736065 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -343597377671 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1842 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 526 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 48 55837720606 (C2) HDA temperature 30 48 55837720606 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 69736065 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 69736065 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 69736065 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 93 93 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19841 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17070 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17070 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16505 (F4) Unknown 96 96 196673676	49.3% Average	Read 383 Write 106 Mixed 159 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 9.25 86% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 7.88 24% 48.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 906GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110222864 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1903 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 62321770 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1811 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 454230042 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4595 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 64424509466 (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 -116402203650407 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31596085300 (F2) Unknown 100 253 374141846822	98.3% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 162 Mixed 159 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.3% Great: 114%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 30GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 11.6 Mixed 14 22% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.06 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.96 111% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x4GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 120%

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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 $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