MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '17 at 11:28
Run Duration	402 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel @ 2.20GHz 680 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	64.8% Good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 155 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 593 52% 444 Pts	64-Core 1,003 62% 1,003 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 2615) 1GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.7% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.27 Parallax 1.19 2% 1.85 fps	MRender 2.14 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 1.7 2% 2.11 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.7% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SV300S37A/60G 60GB 347 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0831A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 163 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 276 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 96 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 58378 (A5) Unknown 100 100 66 (A6) Unknown 100 100 15 (A7) Unknown 100 100 58 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 99 99 99 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 89 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 91 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 42011 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41878 (F5) Unknown 100 100 89068	40.1% Average	Read 444 Write 76.7 Mixed 130 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 2.51 49% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 75.6 DQ Mixed 2.54 26% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 55%
Hitachi HTS725032A7E630 320GB-$89 9,811 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 108GB free Firmware: GHBZB550 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 246 246 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5072 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 5868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47186020 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82066 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 227633922079 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7627 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 63.8 Mixed 59.7 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 59%
Toshiba MK1255GSX H 120GB 1,072 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 60GB free Firmware: FG001Q Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1002 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3556 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 6425 (0A) Spinup retry count 170 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2854 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 233 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 65981 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569019934 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 79 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1933 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 344 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	29.6% Poor	Read 43 Write 60 Mixed 44 37% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.25 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 41%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 43GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 118 Write 15.8 Mixed 29.5 50% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.51 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.008 28% 2.51 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 30%
SAMSUNG S5830i Card 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 23GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.53% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 4.66 Mixed 7.18 10% 9.02 MB/s	4K Read 1.71 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.97 104% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378A5143EB1-CPB 2x4GB 4,308 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.7% Good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 20.4 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 77%

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Gaming 65%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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