MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	92.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 7 (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	May 28 '19 at 05:29
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 683 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 105% 131 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 133 Splatting 111 95% 116 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 409 375 412 372 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 414 Mixed 305 SusWrite 396 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 93.2 4K Mixed 35.2 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 216 178% 255 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 101%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 17GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,457 Write 2,350 Mixed 1,593 474% 2,133 MB/s	4K Read 63 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 87.5 294% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 1,010 DQ Write 890 DQ Mixed 936 706% 946 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 444GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 169 168 169 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 144 Mixed 30 SusWrite 166 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 449GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 83 82 84 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 90.2 Write 88.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 83.4 58% 78.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 42 MC Mixed 38 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

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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 $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 $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