MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.4% 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 Drive238% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140925
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJan 24 '16 at 17:39
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 114
2-Core 227
83% 145 Pts
4-Core 439
8-Core 692
70% 565 Pts
64-Core 885
55% 885 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6143
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
85.4% Excellent
Lighting 111
Reflection 117
Parallax 105
90% 111 fps
MRender 95.9
Gravity 101
Splatting 83.7
76% 93.5 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 85.4%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
238% Outstanding
Read 2,213
Write 1,465
Mixed 1,498
382% 1,725 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 42.8
168% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 186
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 27.1
64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 238%
Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178
3TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
85.7% Excellent
Read 157
Write 142
Mixed 145
111% 148 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 0.25
100% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
39.8% Below average
MC Read 16.4
MC Write 11.1
MC Mixed 10.7
36% 12.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 11.7
SC Mixed 14.7
38% 13.3 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 634 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 47%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 42%
Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) - $289

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 39% - Below average Total price: $1,028
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CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
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Intel Core i5-12600K $184Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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