MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	21.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 18:52
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 713 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Lighting 79.7 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 76.2 65% 80.8 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 75.6 Splatting 68.4 61% 75.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$155 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3079 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1378 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (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 78 60 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9058189546	115% Outstanding	Read 523 Write 424 Mixed 455 104% 467 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45.2 172% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 163 174% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2TB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 100 14232424 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 904906 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1354 (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 81 63 319750163 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3922 (C2) HDA temperature 19 40 38654705683 (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 2765958942837 (F1) Unknown 100 253 318358420 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26748152755	104% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 183 Mixed 137 124% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 5.35 4K Mixed 0.84 225% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
WD 5000AAD External 500GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 376GB free, PID 1003 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 20.5 Mixed 33.9 37% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.3 86% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.6% Outstanding	MC Read 37 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 34.9 108% 37.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.7 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 82%

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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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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