MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	192% 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.
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	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 09 '18 at 12:56
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 188 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 628 61% 502 Pts	64-Core 756 47% 756 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 265-$105 8,934 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 229E) 2GB CLim: 1036 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 19% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 222GB free Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 9778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3729 (A5) Unknown 100 100 695906993764 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 33 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 124 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 244814118946 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622906680838 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4593 (EA) Unknown 100 100 17148 (F1) Unknown 253 253 13397 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13358 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 471 Write 333 Mixed 327 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 18.4 86% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 45.8 52% 84.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 101%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 1,231 Mixed 1,194 328% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 21.9 112% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 40.9 DQ Write 77.3 DQ Mixed 18.7 26% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 236%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 853GB free Firmware: ES22 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 70982136 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1780685 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1206 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 538443808 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1432 (C2) HDA temperature 32 46 85899345952 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 45% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 754GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 98 80384376 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54804932 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17223 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4545 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 51 51 49 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BE) vendor-specific 67 48 734994628641 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64563 (C2) HDA temperature 33 52 -140737488355295 (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 18047452583256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20034856411 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20665690888	95.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 163 Mixed 151 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.32 96% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.5 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 104%

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

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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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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 $15	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