MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% 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 Drive	72.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	12.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '18 at 17:28
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 169 68% 113 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 637 63% 514 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 330C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 114 Parallax 109 92% 112 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 99.5 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12407 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1894 (B1) Unknown 88 88 238 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 77594843714	72.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 403 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 17.5 78% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 46.2 DQ Mixed 76.8 64% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 124%
Seagate ST2000NP0011 2TB 671 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 13GB free Firmware: PP05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 199141393 (03) Spinup time 89 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 63 107908779 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2008 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 89 141736083489 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504496158 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6025 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 199141393 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 108 Write 98.6 Mixed 96.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.4 106% 37.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 18 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

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	449x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 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	51x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16