MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	231% 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	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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	58 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '16 at 14:44
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 710 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 875 54% 875 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.9% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 52.6 66% 69.7 fps	MRender 81.7 Gravity 78.6 Splatting 69.6 62% 76.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22669712 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25936303485 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3342 (B7) Unknown 94 94 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 1 25770262527 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 55 622854180 (BF) G-sense error rate 82 82 36236 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 99 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26038 (C2) HDA temperature 36 45 42949672996 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 100 22669712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 90 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 90 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 196670 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3508988279196 (F1) Unknown 100 253 187906762153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72545006811	14.5% Very poor	Read 59.5 Write 154 Mixed 73.8 22% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 0.52 9% 4.68 MB/s	DQ Read 1.9 DQ Write 7.54 DQ Mixed 0.75 2% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 19%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 158GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2336 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 206 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6149416523	130% Outstanding	Read 531 Write 503 Mixed 518 116% 517 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 52.9 203% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 49 118% 248 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2979 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 324 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 119 (AE) Unknown 99 99 79 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 19 49 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 30584 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20604 (F2) Unknown 99 99 28451	231% Outstanding	Read 2,008 Write 1,146 Mixed 1,279 326% 1,478 MB/s	4K Read 47.1 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 51.5 224% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 147 149% 240 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 220%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45220576 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 55487352 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8401 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1397 (B7) Unknown 58 58 42 (B8) Unknown 73 73 27 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 3625 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 572391456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 412 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 72 72 57675 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 42949672992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 41266 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98303211474633 (F1) Unknown 100 253 172941470669 (F2) Unknown 100 253 149836312366	84.9% Excellent	Read 178 Write 118 Mixed 17 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 43 124% 43.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%

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

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Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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	118x

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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