MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.5% 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	133% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 745 75% 606 Pts	64-Core 921 57% 921 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 115 90% 114 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 90.4 79% 96.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 575 324 464 585 585 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 596 Write 603 Mixed 489 SusWrite 514 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 40.9 148% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 690 DQ Mixed 594 484% 688 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 210%
Patriot Blast 240GB 5,061 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 82GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 161 91 77 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 494 Write 451 Mixed 352 SusWrite 135 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 37.5 148% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 179 176% 279 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 94%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 414GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 129 130 129 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 75 Write 76.2 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 129 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba MK1059GSM 1TB 4,891 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 72GB free Firmware: GU001U SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 52 32 35 52 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 57.2 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 47.6 35% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 102% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 132 124 129 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Read 83.5 Write 131 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 130 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 0.6 230% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 872GB free Firmware: 0502 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 64.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 91 55% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA USB 3.5"-HDD 1TB 621 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 336GB free, PID 0b09 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 23 26 25 24 24 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 33 Write 26.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 24 36% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 20%
Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 124GB 9,173 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 52GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 20 19 21 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	15.6% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 20.8 37% 28.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.8 123% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.5% Good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 22.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 113%

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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	794x
Core i7-5930KIntel $599Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	46x

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	70x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16