MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% 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	62.2% 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 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 08:43
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	30%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 622 63% 508 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 158 Parallax 151 99% 144 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 142 Splatting 116 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 95 89 80 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 448 Write 140 Mixed 202 SusWrite 95.7 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 34.9 94% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 145 119% 172 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 871GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 207 210 209 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 169 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 205 120% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 98GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 106 108 104 106 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 115 Write 81.3 Mixed 70.3 SusWrite 107 69% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GB-$115 5,380 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.5 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 111%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 80%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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