MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.7% 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	101% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 10:39
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 238 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 728 71% 581 Pts	64-Core 922 57% 922 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 97.6 83% 103 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 94.8 Splatting 85.8 73% 90 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 253 210 172 115 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 454 Mixed 380 SusWrite 206 84% 377 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 92.4 4K Mixed 51.3 172% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 311GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 83 83 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 140 Write 146 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 83.1 83% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 109%
WD WD80EMAZ-00WJTA0 8TB 5,351 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 6.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 172 180 176 183 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 174 Mixed 95.2 SusWrite 177 113% 154 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.1 300% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 8x4GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 40.4 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 42 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 22.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 127%

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

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,550 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	831x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	332x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	151x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	60x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	53x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	47x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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