MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% 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	128% 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '18 at 19:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 (83^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 191 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 598 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 743 46% 743 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.24 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 107 Parallax 97 82% 102 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 93.1 Splatting 83.5 72% 88.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 752 Write 544 Mixed 573 138% 623 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 40 156% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 435 DQ Mixed 157 184% 315 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 302%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 733GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65550984 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1889 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 57 34412702025 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8744 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1308 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 58 623050789 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 43230 (C2) HDA temperature 37 42 34359738405 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -57947698751348 (F1) Unknown 100 253 25288092629 (F2) Unknown 100 253 368104670739	55.6% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 96 Mixed 113 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.54 177% 2.12 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 18GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96486544 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 137446499878 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1180 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 62 60 69359501350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24510 (C2) HDA temperature 38 40 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 108551003444909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12905348740 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12040384943	45.3% Average	Read 81.9 Write 75.9 Mixed 75.5 59% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB-$140 4,858 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.3% Good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21.5 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 120%

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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	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 $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: $574

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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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