MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '20 at 21:58
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 873 81% 674 Pts	64-Core 1,263 78% 1,263 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 157 Parallax 147 122% 152 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 0.07 Splatting 119 69% 80.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 335GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 143 142 143 144 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 129 Write 101 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 142 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 96%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 110 180 193 193 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 235 Write 211 Mixed 85.8 SusWrite 163 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 8.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.6 614% 4.77 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 213%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 6,294 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 57.7 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 51.5 145% 50.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 23.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 110%

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Gaming 47%

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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	449x
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	51x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	42x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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: $1,009

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16