MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	91.4% 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	60.1% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	10.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration	310 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 98.8 2-Core 195 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 580 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 735 46% 735 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 117 Parallax 107 97% 115 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.4 80% 98.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 31061147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 -71425306117204 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2215 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 89 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 55 60133146654 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 31061147 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 31061147 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 31061147 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23569 (EA) Unknown 0 0 21872 (F1) Unknown 0 0 21872 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23890	60.1% Good	Read 497 Write 124 Mixed 165 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 9.71 96% 40.1 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 9.97 39% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 18GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7211 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1069 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 60 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10276701630	106% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 405 Mixed 413 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 41.5 155% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 22.9 95% 214 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 928GB free Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 91 71532103 (03) Spinup time 100 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5508 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 299094927 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2329 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 259 (BC) Unknown 100 100 10 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 603 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 571670562 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 26 71532103 (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 -134140418573520 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1664861622 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4081192640	49.9% Average	Read 89.1 Write 84.8 Mixed 85.9 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.34 85% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 167GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 78 148675645 (03) Spinup time 94 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 20271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 4335237109 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6966 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 2714 (0C) Power cycle count 84 37 16781 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1755 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 45 521404447 (C2) HDA temperature 31 55 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 26 148675645 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	33.2% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 58.9 Mixed 56.8 43% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 61%
Mass Storage Device 64GB 770 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 20GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 20.5 Write 18.7 Mixed 16.2 23% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.52 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.4 167% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 18%
Kingston DataTraveler R3.0 G2 USB 3.0 32GB-$30 1,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 6GB free, PID 16a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 142 Write 45.3 Mixed 22.4 68% 69.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.36 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.77 62% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 11,950 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (95^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 38.2 114% 39.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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