MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	35.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 20:51
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 258 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 820 82% 666 Pts	64-Core 1,004 62% 1,004 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.4% Below average	Lighting 46.3 Reflection 44.2 Parallax 39.5 38% 43.3 fps	MRender 38.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 35.3 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q 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 97 97 11037 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7160 (B1) Unknown 99 99 19 (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 61 38 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2384 (F1) Unknown 99 99 26027740933
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 402GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 454 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7978 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 96 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 11070 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6581 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 156 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 3608 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8037 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 210454577183 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 9 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 73 73 11001 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 207 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	62.3% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 99.1 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 104%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 355GB free Firmware: 1D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 170 4425 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9019 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7614 (C0) Power-off retract count 194 194 4529 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4489 (C2) HDA temperature 115 103 32 (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	61.9% Good	Read 116 Write 99.7 Mixed 77.1 73% 97.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.31 83% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 110GB free Firmware: 3B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 65 (03) Spinup time 161 160 4908 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 22580 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 13 13 63722 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 86 86 14499 (C0) Power-off retract count 187 187 10468 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 22504 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49% Average	Read 80.9 Write 89.6 Mixed 95.9 67% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GB-$84 1,914 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 44.8 MC Write 46.7 MC Mixed 41.3 126% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 24.7 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 108%

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Gaming 65%

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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 $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