MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	129% 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	165% 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	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 (20%). 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	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '24 at 08:02
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 613 59% 485 Pts	64-Core 784 48% 784 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 7600 865 User benchmarks, average bench 110% Gigabyte(1458 240B) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.12.1 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	129% Outstanding	Lighting 147 Reflection 177 Parallax 284 120% 203 fps	MRender 225 Gravity 182 Splatting 209 168% 205 fps
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 135%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 786 802 739 655 633 634 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,294 Write 985 Mixed 680 SusWrite 708 205% 917 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 47.7 164% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 537 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 442 328% 438 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 283%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$194 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 166 163 164 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 155 Mixed 82.4 SusWrite 165 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.6 4K Mixed 1 219% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (85^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	106% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 39.5 117% 40.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 22.5 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	21	0	144	27"	2560 1377	SAM707A LC27G5xT

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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	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 $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 $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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16