MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 104% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	117% 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	66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '16 at 04:25
Run Duration	305 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 262 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 844 85% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,070 66% 1,070 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 163 Parallax 155 130% 159 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 149 Splatting 116 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 158GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9561 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3701 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 73 55 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2674 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14475191707	60.6% Good	Read 492 Write 221 Mixed 352 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 15.3 80% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 14 33% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5297 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1730 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (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 59 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 741 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22457077387	66.9% Good	Read 497 Write 343 Mixed 351 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 29.1 4K Mixed 19.5 81% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 34.1 DQ Mixed 13.2 15% 25.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 126%
Hitachi HDS724040ALE640 4TB-$465 6,270 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA580 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 82 (03) Spinup time 129 129 51578929752 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4587 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1074 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2345 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 167504773146 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 85.3 Write 88.9 Mixed 87.6 66% 87.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.22 101% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 91%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 306GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 158 5041 (04) Start/Stop count 81 81 19791 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4306 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 741 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 19779 (C2) HDA temperature 115 90 32 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 89.5 Mixed 93.1 72% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.33 91% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 62%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	24% Poor	Read 119 Write 10.2 Mixed 17 41% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.78 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.47 73% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GX-D4-3200-MR 2x8GB 3,635 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	83.6% Excellent	MC Read 39.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 28.8 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 109%

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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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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) $30	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