MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 100%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics111% 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 Drive138% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160715
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 05 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration354 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU6%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
89.4% Excellent
Memory 93
1-Core 122
2-Core 228
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 752
74% 607 Pts
64-Core 942
58% 942 Pts
Poor: 74%
This bench: 89.4%
Great: 93%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
MSI(1462 3364) ≥ 4GB; msi gtx 1080 seahawk ek X
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Lighting 149
Reflection 152
Parallax 131
121% 144 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 141
Splatting 111
100% 123 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 111%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
928GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
61.8% Good
Read 302
Write 307
Mixed 258
64% 289 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 46
4K Mixed 19.6
97% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 33.2
DQ Write 61.2
DQ Mixed 18.7
22% 37.7 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 61.8%
Great: 124%
WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 250GB
928GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
68.7% Good
Read 299
Write 367
Mixed 310
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 54.9
4K Mixed 23.1
106% 36.5 MB/s
DQ Read 34.9
DQ Write 74.1
DQ Mixed 23.1
26% 44 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
928GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 300
Write 304
Mixed 261
64% 288 MB/s
4K Read 31.6
4K Write 45.4
4K Mixed 19.5
97% 32.2 MB/s
DQ Read 34.9
DQ Write 60.9
DQ Mixed 19.4
23% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 124%
WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 250GB
928GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
68.5% Good
Read 294
Write 367
Mixed 317
73% 326 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 54.5
4K Mixed 23.7
106% 36.4 MB/s
DQ Read 32.7
DQ Write 73.7
DQ Mixed 23.1
26% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 129%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
894GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
74.4% Very good
Read 399
Write 323
Mixed 306
76% 342 MB/s
4K Read 36
4K Write 63.8
4K Mixed 24.8
120% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 42.2
DQ Write 93
DQ Mixed 24.2
31% 53.1 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 74.4%
Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
372GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 770
Write 654
Mixed 737
161% 720 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 45.5
172% 63 MB/s
DQ Read 301
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 29.5
102% 221 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 138%
Great: 283%
WD WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 1TB
894GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 48% Great: 83%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 32GB
24GB free, PID 5572
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
14.1% Very poor
Read 37.8
Write 7.88
Mixed 16.4
21% 20.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.53
4K Write 1.88
4K Mixed 1.05
117% 2.49 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 14.1%
Great: 13%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70.2% Very good
MC Read 31.1
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 20.9
73% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 20.5
SC Mixed 16.7
49% 17.2 GB/s
Latency 62
64% 62 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 117%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

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