MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 01:54
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 666 68% 549 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1132) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.3% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 97.4 81% 102 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 81.1 69% 85.1 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 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 96 96 17425 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1227 (B1) Unknown 92 92 150 (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 67 60 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13115686925
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Mb0500eb ZQA 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 151GB free Firmware: HPG1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 151409379 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2913 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 23 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 226343685 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 31352 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2273 (B4) Unknown 100 100 108922455 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 505217054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 898 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2969 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 25769803806 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 151409379 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.7% Good	Read 133 Write 92.5 Mixed 120 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.43 102% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba MK7559GSXF 750GB 1,514 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 108GB free Firmware: GQ00 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^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 2934 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30657 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3296 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 16924 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10684 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 32 32 686898 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159020064 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 91 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 31 (DE) Loaded hours 86 86 5734 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 333 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 35	42.4% Average	Read 73.3 Write 74.5 Mixed 66.4 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 58%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 27GB free Firmware: 3.AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 69 229648302 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6926 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 200898837 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 33239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5245 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 572588066 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 38654705698 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 44 229648302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36% Below average	Read 57.4 Write 68.1 Mixed 50.3 44% 58.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.35 75% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 40%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x4GB-$210 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2801 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.7% Very good	MC Read 36.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 26.9 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 22.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 110%

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	785x
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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Value: 67% - Good

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 $40	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