MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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.
Boot Drive	111% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '19 at 20:54
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 93.1 2-Core 174 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 601 57% 474 Pts	64-Core 755 47% 755 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 190 Parallax 190 131% 180 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 169 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 307 268 256 251 253 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 833 Write 279 Mixed 338 SusWrite 268 94% 430 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 84.4 4K Mixed 32.8 130% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 731 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 346 295% 447 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 211%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 87GB free Firmware: M306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 377 345 338 331 332 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 449 Write 399 Mixed 322 SusWrite 352 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 26.9 108% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 79.6 126% 239 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 51GB free Firmware: CR100-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 58 58 57 53 49 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 68.7 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 55.4 43% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 44%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 747GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 78 79 79 79 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 75.8 Mixed 58.2 SusWrite 78.4 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk uSD SDDR-289 64GB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 59GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 67 67 68 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 86.7 Write 66.2 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 67 88% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 2 155% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 3x4GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	81% Excellent	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 28 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 94%

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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%

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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 $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 $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