MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics10.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive187% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
DisplayΧρώματα 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180615
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 03 '18 at 11:01
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing as expected (50th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 111
2-Core 215
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 736
66% 559 Pts
64-Core 865
54% 865 Pts
Poor: 68%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5870
Asus(1043 034C) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Relative performance (0th percentile)
10.1% Very poor
Lighting 14.1
Reflection 7.65
Parallax 12.9
12% 11.6 fps
MRender 6.57
Gravity 10.7
Splatting 9.7
8% 8.99 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 10.1%
Great: 20%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
101GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 720 508 492 492 485 475 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
187% Outstanding
Read 1,762
Write 1,404
Mixed 698
SusWrite 529
244% 1,098 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 49.6
178% 64.5 MB/s
DQ Read 864
DQ Write 440
DQ Mixed 689
502% 664 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 187%
Great: 254%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88
431GB free
Firmware: CC1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 99 103 102 103 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 97.5
Write 100
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 102
65% 89.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 70%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB
151GB free
Firmware: CC32
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 81 81 82 82 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
49.6% Average
Read 92
Write 84.5
Mixed 49.3
SusWrite 80.7
56% 76.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 1
172% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 49.6%
Great: 56%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$38
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.2% Very good
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 21.8
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 20
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 62.2
64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 103%

 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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