MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.7% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '17 at 21:11
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	10%

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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 218 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 653 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 865 54% 865 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3672) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.3 Reflection 69.7 Parallax 58.1 62% 68 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 64.9 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12539 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 639 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (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 67 55 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22779329212	104% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 410 Mixed 418 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 43.9 167% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 98.9 94% 139 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 124%
OCZ Trion 150 240GB-$196 15,660 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 36GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1734 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 224 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 6 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 184 184 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 75 62 163209543705 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71365	80.9% Excellent	Read 514 Write 353 Mixed 259 83% 375 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 10 96% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 47.7 94% 192 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 95%
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 28GB free Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5212 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 522 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 71 53 201864118301	63.8% Good	Read 497 Write 192 Mixed 141 60% 277 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 6.53 80% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 28.4 73% 158 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 83%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12572 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 651 (B1) Unknown 94 94 119 (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 70 60 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 62 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18732507427	93.7% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 26.2 152% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 47.3 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 25.6 34% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 115%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 744GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 95.3 Mixed 98.4 73% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.33 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 63%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 14GB free, PID 0743 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 90.1 Write 34.8 Mixed 39.5 60% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.54 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.75 62% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.1% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 61%

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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	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