MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151102
Uptime	3.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '20 at 16:46
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 93 2-Core 197 72% 125 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 588 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3730) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 132 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.5 107% 77 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 47.4 Splatting 61.9 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 512GB 926 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 116 114 111 114 98 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.8% Below average	Read 194 Write 246 Mixed 215 SusWrite 125 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 17.3 64% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 96 74% 102 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 65%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 978GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 159 159 156 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 163 Mixed 30 SusWrite 158 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x4GB-$97 3,926 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	95% Outstanding	MC Read 36.2 MC Write 40.1 MC Mixed 34.3 105% 36.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 107%

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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%

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 $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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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $1,028

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 $15	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