MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	214% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	56.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '16 at 21:55
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 268 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 1,015 92% 776 Pts	64-Core 1,752 108% 1,752 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 223GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8506169 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 91860760538585 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1478 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 368 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 45 51542556700 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 51542556700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8506169 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8506169 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8506169 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10218 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7837 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7837 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5165	52.5% Above average	Read 157 Write 155 Mixed 127 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 13.6 105% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 35.9 58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 85%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0174 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 1,823 Write 945 Mixed 1,326 302% 1,365 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 202 4K Mixed 30.5 210% 91.8 MB/s	DQ Read 527 DQ Write 478 DQ Mixed 29.8 152% 345 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 230%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 125GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1392 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 84 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 67 48 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 25 (F1) Unknown 99 99 577317671	84.4% Excellent	Read 490 Write 272 Mixed 279 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 28.2 129% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 71.1 92% 167 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 114%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 178 5766 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5578 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17670 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 910 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 617 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 688898 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	76.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 126 Mixed 126 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 83%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 4066 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4803 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4973 (C2) HDA temperature 116 104 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 166 Write 134 Mixed 136 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.2 92% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 86%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 670GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 195 3000 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1906 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11564 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1041 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 514 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1395 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 36 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	110% Outstanding	Read 227 Write 157 Mixed 160 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.85 4K Write 4.12 4K Mixed 0.43 201% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 117%
WD VelociRaptor 1TB-$268 8,165 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 177GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 199 194 3033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1812 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11872 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1038 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 527 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1288 (C2) HDA temperature 117 96 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	91.8% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 152 Mixed 151 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 4.33 4K Mixed 0.38 170% 1.95 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 117%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x16GB 811 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 55.6 MC Write 53.4 MC Mixed 42.1 144% 50.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 108%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	103x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	41x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	33x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	13x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	9x
CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 98%, 110 samples	9x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	8x

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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) $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