MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 06:22
Run Duration	230 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 722 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 912 56% 912 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 82.1 Parallax 74.5 66% 79.1 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 65.6 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11303 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1856 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 43727216721	86.5% Excellent	Read 515 Write 405 Mixed 415 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 24.7 130% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.7 DQ Write 79.9 DQ Mixed 24.8 29% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 134%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116514063 (03) Spinup time 91 88 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6324 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 8603490840 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3440 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 86 26229765511134 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 32 580409425950 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12197 (C2) HDA temperature 30 68 73014444062 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 9 -4178453233 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 55280524072468 (F1) Unknown 100 253 760182183 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2470158650	82.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 139 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 86%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 171GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 184087389 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 61 8312706 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2259 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 3629302743892 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 14 30653612066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1074 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4320 (C2) HDA temperature 34 86 73014444066 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 3 -2718530210979 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2581275340432 (F1) Unknown 100 253 60628497 (F2) Unknown 100 253 335978882	49.7% Average	Read 83.3 Write 89.5 Mixed 89 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.61 127% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 86%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 25GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 183 172 5816 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4882 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1779 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 160 160 122267 (C2) HDA temperature 122 108 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.9% Average	Read 74 Write 71.7 Mixed 57.4 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 83%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$229 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46289147 (03) Spinup time 91 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 34 (07) Seek error rate 66 62 30098104073 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7995 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3031 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 96 2297842827805 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 36 95078121503 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5912 (C2) HDA temperature 31 64 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 112 99 46289147 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54301271531497 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3099311754 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3359736779	40% Average	Read 69.8 Write 69.4 Mixed 74.2 54% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.53 114% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 4x8GB 871 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.7% Very good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 21 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 122%

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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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Total price: $1,028

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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