MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 205 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 591 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 797 49% 797 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 132 113% 140 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 139 Splatting 112 99% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1844 Write 905 Mixed 647 247% 1,132 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 41.9 154% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 698 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 376 312% 461 MB/s
Poor: 131% Great: 243%
Adata SP600 128GB 8,600 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 15GB free Firmware: 2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 58 57 53 49 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 290 Write 62.5 Mixed 102 SusWrite 54.7 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 26.6 94% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 74.2 DQ Mixed 66.2 57% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 92%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 39GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 78 79 78 79 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 72 Write 100 Mixed 59 SusWrite 79.1 57% 77.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 204% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 75%
BUFFALO External HDD 3TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1.5TB free, PID 01ea Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 39.3 Mixed 28.8 36% 34 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 75% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 20%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 603GB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 108 110 109 111 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 106 Write 108 Mixed 45.8 SusWrite 109 123% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 109% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFD8213.C16FAR 4x8GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.6% Good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.9 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 114%

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

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Gaming 47%

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Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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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Total price: $1,014

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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