MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	114% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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, 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190613
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '20 at 16:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 73.7 2-Core 176 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 660 60% 507 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 159 Parallax 136 123% 149 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 393GB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 163 165 166 164 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Read 149 Write 116 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 165 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 96%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 88 105 137 83 135 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 128 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 108 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.6 314% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 213%
Samsung Flash Drive 128GB 4,330 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 19GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 61 61 60 60 60 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 113%

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 @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	118% Outstanding	MC Read 51.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 45 133% 46.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 21.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $178	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) $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