MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	68.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '18 at 10:12
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 843 77% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,130 70% 1,130 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 94%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.4% Very good	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 103 Parallax 92.1 81% 98.3 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 87.4 73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.47% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 3.5 4% 4.22 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.41 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.47% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 4 256GB-$90 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15637 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3299 (E8) Unknown 100 100 47828577341 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	68.1% Good	Read 267 Write 182 Mixed 171 46% 207 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 24.1 123% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 79.7 98% 174 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 177 6075 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3731 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3480 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1809 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26664 (C2) HDA temperature 118 102 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	78.5% Very good	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 129 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.17 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 176 5450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5612 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2353 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 185 185 47761 (C2) HDA temperature 119 109 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 1 12702 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 125 Write 126 Mixed 120 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.21 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%
WD My Passport 0837 2TB 1,416 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 450GB free, PID 0837 Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 96.6 Mixed 66.8 104% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GB 1,465 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 39.3 MC Mixed 35.3 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.6 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

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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	792x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	116x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	80x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	69x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16