MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 14:18
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 136 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 842 85% 688 Pts	64-Core 1,056 65% 1,056 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2227 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 123 Parallax 106 99% 117 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 110 Splatting 110 90% 109 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4506 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1355 (B1) Unknown 98 98 39 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 204 (EB) Unknown 99 99 249 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18913602294
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 31141392 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4323 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1055808 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3173 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 11 8590068894 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 34897854496 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 568 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 25031 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 -140737488355296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 190 24499 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 48584670057516 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23593848476 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8780556248	80.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 127 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.21 75% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 0 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 6044 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 8593083228 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 4295032859 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538247200 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1021 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6466 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 3 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 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 136872017801652 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2012603517 (F2) Unknown 100 253 9177718	68.1% Good	Read 119 Write 118 Mixed 107 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.48 106% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 515GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 107 (03) Spinup time 164 161 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5251 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4020 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 593 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 82202 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.2% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 71.3 68% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB 8,189 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 460GB free Firmware: CC96 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 123 100 560874008 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5667 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1160 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 4058481 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12335 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4764 (B7) Unknown 74 74 26 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 14 158916673750 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 571801634 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6287 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 123 100 560874008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 5165 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -126130304568633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1961062618 (F2) Unknown 100 253 690244540	44.7% Average	Read 75.6 Write 80.6 Mixed 78.6 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.09 30% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 54.4 MC Mixed 41.6 134% 46.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 23.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 115%

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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