MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	48 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 02:21
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 86.4 2-Core 167 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 469 46% 375 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28% Poor	Lighting 39.1 Reflection 23 Parallax 32.6 32% 31.6 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_CT2050MX300SSD1 2TB 2,359 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3650 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 47 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 61 167504838688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19274929683 (F7) Unknown 100 100 613203360 (F8) Unknown 100 100 183944129 (B4) Unknown 0 0 9167 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	63.3% Good	Read 479 Write 335 Mixed 334 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 15.5 69% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 12.4 26% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 99%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1GB free Firmware: 5.05A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 30340301 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 71485435717997 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 300 (B1) Unknown 0 0 9 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 67 60133933086 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 30340301 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30340301 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30340301 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 91 91 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 88327 (EA) Unknown 0 0 56265 (F1) Unknown 0 0 56265 (F2) Unknown 0 0 51598	74.8% Very good	Read 355 Write 261 Mixed 243 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 21 111% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 66.4 104% 199 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 93%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 3.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st 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 8400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 20607 (0A) Spinup retry count 111 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 741 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044511778 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 50 50 20200 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 202 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	100% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 169 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 4.25 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.32 253% 2.25 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 8x8GB 173 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 42.1 MC Write 60.6 MC Mixed 45.8 141% 49.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 19.1 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 92% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 149%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	823x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	329x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	40x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	46x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

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