MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	114% 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 SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	5.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '16 at 18:53
Run Duration	271 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 658 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 141 Reflection 152 Parallax 130 115% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 110 99% 122 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57% Above average	Lighting 72.7 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 63.5 59% 69.3 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 66.1 Splatting 56.8 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 750GB 895 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 905 Write 711 Mixed 808 180% 808 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 9.1 96% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 8.79 55% 117 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 351%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 28GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 256 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 2 (AE) Unknown 99 99 15 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 841 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 50 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 604 (F1) Unknown 99 99 604 (F2) Unknown 99 99 588	200% Outstanding	Read 1,922 Write 896 Mixed 1,189 294% 1,336 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 48.4 202% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 46.6 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 182 134% 169 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 100 129513568 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 466875 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 538378269 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6858 (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 70385924051958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 197656306101 (F2) Unknown 100 253 224152744	105% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 164 Mixed 160 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 86787328 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 502345 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 65 521601053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7005 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 77309411357 (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 -27745488727071 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1681241071 (F2) Unknown 100 253 196576202530	102% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 165 Mixed 162 129% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.16 74% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 757GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 67079152 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9545 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 4296028755 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 771 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 571998238 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24716 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 77309411358 (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 50719268800205 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2588402884 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2050304760	81.9% Excellent	Read 160 Write 126 Mixed 117 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.34 78% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 83GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 344 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 48490056 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 35298 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1866 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 9195618335 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11978 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 17 3 344 (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 61645665625701 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2331615578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 248337629	36.2% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 61.8 Mixed 55.7 46% 60.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 0.67 4K Mixed 0.61 110% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x8GB 1,779 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 42.2 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	785x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	45x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	35x
8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GBMicronBench 91%, 1,465 samples	28x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $523

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) $35	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