MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 06:30
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 670 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 96.2 83% 103 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 98.9 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST380815AS 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 424GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2663 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10002 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 410 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2579 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 30 (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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 164 Mixed 127 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba MK2552GSX 250GB-$47 2,386 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 186GB free Firmware: LV010M Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 1626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 34480 (0A) Spinup retry count 233 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1017 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 276088 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 244814446625 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 164 (DE) Loaded hours 45 45 22005 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 324 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	29.5% Poor	Read 51.8 Write 51 Mixed 48.8 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.27 69% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 31%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 148GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 221 181 1925 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1994 (05) Reallocated sector count 197 197 20 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28378 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1966 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 37 (C2) HDA temperature 110 88 37 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (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	36.5% Below average	Read 61.9 Write 64.7 Mixed 60.7 47% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.38 112% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 35%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$49 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 57GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 87 179463738 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6568 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 615995123 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 30584 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5034 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 48 605683748 (C2) HDA temperature 36 52 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 89 62 51785304 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.9% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 68.6 Mixed 69.3 52% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.36 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 42%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 288GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 40.6 Write 39.4 Mixed 33.6 48% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.27 31% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 13,205 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.8% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 13.9 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 11.1 SC Mixed 17 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 103%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	789x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	116x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $504

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16