MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 200 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 633 64% 521 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.10.2 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.7% Good	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 112 60% 80.8 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 93.3 Splatting 73.3 61% 74.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 672 453 398 379 400 391 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 633 Write 919 Mixed 520 SusWrite 449 142% 630 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.4 164% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 637 DQ Write 498 DQ Mixed 581 431% 572 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 230%
Synology iSCSI Storage 268GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 109GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 68 66 65 67 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Read 81.3 Write 72.2 Mixed 84 SusWrite 65.8 17% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 10.3 34% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 36.6 DQ Mixed 44.5 32% 41.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 28%
LaCie CooKey 4GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 103b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.1 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.2 5.8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.1% Terrible	Read 24 Write 5.3 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 6.1 10% 9.52 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 36% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 CMK16GX4M2B3000C15 CMK16GX4M4A2800C16 32GB 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800, 2800 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 27.9 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 21.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns

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

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Gaming 47%

Yacht

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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