MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	119% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 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	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160410
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 21:26
Run Duration	294 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 91 1-Core 124 2-Core 266 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 951 89% 738 Pts	64-Core 1,401 87% 1,401 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1425) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 139 Parallax 130 100% 131 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 127 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 960GB 3,595 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 438GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 801 Mixed 833 191% 856 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 29.3 87% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 75.9 74% 111 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 291%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 202 197 8875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1479 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61566 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 26 (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	84.4% Excellent	Read 171 Write 123 Mixed 134 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.26 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 98%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 618GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 6227 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4083 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5676 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25234 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 464 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5211 (C2) HDA temperature 114 79 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0
Poor: 35% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 618GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 175 167 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5869 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 289 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5589 (C2) HDA temperature 112 81 31 (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 1
Poor: 50% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 88GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 162 6491 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18637 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 485 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 332 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1580 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 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	78.6% Very good	Read 142 Write 132 Mixed 135 103% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.22 102% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 9GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 25 Write 7.93 Mixed 11.9 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.23 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 1.48 136% 3.18 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 4,792 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.7% Good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 106%

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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 $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