MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	146% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 02:00
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 817 76% 635 Pts	64-Core 1,007 62% 1,007 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 212 Parallax 209 139% 197 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 190 Splatting 137 126% 156 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 215GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5454 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 203 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 79 (C2) HDA temperature 69 58 180389806111 (F1) Unknown 100 100 62294	65% Good	Read 512 Write 242 Mixed 327 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 64 4K Mixed 6.4 66% 28.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 46 89% 182 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 101%
Nvme SAMSUNG MZVLV512 512GB 2,994 User benchmarks, average bench 137% 111GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,569 Write 563 Mixed 750 210% 961 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 35.6 188% 79 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 154 153% 230 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 173%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11682 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 573 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 66 56 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 69 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4126088740	102% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 415 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 41 160% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 102 95% 140 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^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 0 100 5638 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (64) Unknown 100 100 8205888 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 42 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 122 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 100 227634446378 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 96 96 4 (EA) Unknown 100 100 31403 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20907 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8561 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4200	146% Outstanding	Read 1,215 Write 740 Mixed 716 196% 890 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 17.7 127% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 397 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 20.4 108% 248 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 159%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 170 2183 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1624 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11667 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1548 (C2) HDA temperature 112 107 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 0	63% Good	Read 116 Write 103 Mixed 95 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.33 103% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x8GB-$154 8,498 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2800 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 43.4 MC Write 60.4 MC Mixed 45.5 142% 49.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 23.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 113%

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Gaming 65%

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Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $78Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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