MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	199% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 703 70% 569 Pts	64-Core 885 55% 885 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	7.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 7.75 6% 8.28 fps	MRender 11.8 Gravity 8.27 Splatting 10.7 8% 10.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 526GB free Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6815821 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 74 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1377 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 77 64 274879021079 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94490198038 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1324 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1586 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1492 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2692 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 463 Write 238 Mixed 273 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 13.9 99% 35.6 MB/s	DQ Read 321 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 31.8 82% 178 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 107%
Crucial BX100 1TB-$500 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 325GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th 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 100 100 890 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 150 (A3) Unknown 100 100 49 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24228 (A5) Unknown 100 100 41 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19462 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 194782 (F2) Unknown 100 100 422265 (F5) Unknown 100 100 387648	98.4% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 430 Mixed 468 105% 472 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 83.2 4K Mixed 34.9 129% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 61.7 102% 197 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 108%
Nvme SM951 SAMSU 256GB 337 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW74D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,910 Write 1,064 Mixed 1,286 314% 1,420 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 29.1 156% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 144 142% 223 MB/s
Poor: 129% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 237%
WD Black 5TB (2015)-$71 7,245 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 185 100 9741 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1298 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 362 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 1293 (C2) HDA temperature 124 105 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 100 0	120% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 233 Mixed 181 149% 199 MB/s	4K Read 4.59 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.29 270% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 47 MC Mixed 36.1 115% 40.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 120%

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Gaming 117%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

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 $94Bench 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 $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