MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	250% 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	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, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '16 at 20:08
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 821 81% 662 Pts	64-Core 1,025 64% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 80.6 Parallax 69.6 68% 77.8 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 74.2 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 268GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 2,307 Write 1,398 Mixed 1,413 377% 1,706 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 50.6 180% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 506 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 186 185% 305 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 283%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 62919640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 390857 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 71 66 504823837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 710 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 81604378653 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -23076859281253 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9223260453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17333110444	95.8% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 160 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 614GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 18247400 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1749 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13224440 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 69 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124937 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 43435004266295 (F1) Unknown 100 253 120976541410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 94188418575	82.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 148 Mixed 118 102% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.24 83% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 368GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 211 Mixed 188 152% 203 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 4.16 4K Mixed 0.78 210% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 184%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 315GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165192176 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1663 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7733638 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1656 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 488112157 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 374 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 133908 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -109714939574645 (F1) Unknown 100 253 71964606785 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29653635815	90.6% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 155 Mixed 150 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.3 103% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2800 C15 4x4GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (96^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	115% Outstanding	MC Read 43.6 MC Write 47.3 MC Mixed 40.6 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 107%

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	823x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	329x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	46x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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