MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90% 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	60.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	21.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '17 at 05:31
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 98.7 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 627 62% 508 Pts	64-Core 767 48% 767 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1779 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 94% 114 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 98.1 83% 101 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 29726291 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 112863150610481 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1091 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 148 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 42 55837327389 (C2) HDA temperature 29 42 55837327389 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 29726291 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 29726291 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 29726291 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8689 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9552 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9552 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12003	60.9% Good	Read 484 Write 203 Mixed 284 71% 324 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 78.7 4K Mixed 11.7 93% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.9 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 11.6 22% 42.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 917GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 172 2125 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2241 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4897 (C2) HDA temperature 110 99 33 (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	99.8% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 174 Mixed 159 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.38 145% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMK16GX4M4A2400C14 CMK16GX4M4A2400C14 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2400C14 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2400C14 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 CMK16GX4M4A2666C15 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667, 2667 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 39.7 118% 41.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	786x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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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Total price: $508

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