MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


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 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	111% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (14%). 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	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	14%

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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 i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 670 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.3 91% 107 fps	MRender 96.9 Gravity 101 Splatting 97.1 80% 98.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 910GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6212 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 93 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 64 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 122480593	119% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 495 Mixed 516 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 48.7 171% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 163 171% 282 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 726GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6623 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 93 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 42 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5499761357	121% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 498 Mixed 519 115% 514 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 50.2 177% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 365 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 167 172% 280 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 474GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,249 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,675 398% 1,796 MB/s	4K Read 50.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 60.3 236% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 516 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 197 212% 357 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 461GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6205 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 90 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 55 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 117434111	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 413 Mixed 423 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 49.4 181% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 131 144% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 354GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	271% Outstanding	Read 2,267 Write 1,438 Mixed 1,666 396% 1,790 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 60.9 239% 89.7 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 199 212% 357 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 271% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 352GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6205 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 91 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 47 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14027169852	111% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 400 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 46.8 173% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 126 139% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 298GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7017 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 724 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 50 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6338299030	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 408 Mixed 420 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 46.9 171% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 120 140% 244 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 162 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 438 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6200 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 88 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 387 (C2) HDA temperature 110 98 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 125 Mixed 125 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905625-030.A00G 8x8GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 41.2 120% 42 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 22.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 117%

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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	448x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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