MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	161% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '19 at 01:45
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 180 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 587 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 771 48% 771 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 152 Parallax 142 112% 144 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 296 295 297 291 289 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 1,550 Write 382 Mixed 558 SusWrite 303 152% 698 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.2 187% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 584 417% 541 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 249GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 409 466 464 473 470 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 413 Mixed 365 SusWrite 453 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 42.6 150% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 350 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 41GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 175 164 160 152 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 470 Mixed 354 SusWrite 196 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 42.7 153% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 353 267% 359 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 124%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 132GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 110 Write 106 Mixed 76 SusWrite 99.7 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.3 232% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 68%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 20.8 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 20.3 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 122%

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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 $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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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