MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	139% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	57.9 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 04:56
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 172 69% 116 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 586 56% 460 Pts	64-Core 928 57% 928 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 121 Parallax 119 90% 117 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 106 Splatting 93.6 81% 99.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 366 343 347 333 344 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 1448 Write 897 Mixed 625 SusWrite 360 184% 832 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 47.5 169% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.6 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 53.8 72% 123 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 24GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 182 181 161 129 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 477 Write 180 Mixed 242 SusWrite 160 58% 265 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 69.6 4K Mixed 35.5 131% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 35.9 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 130%
Intel 730 Series 480GB-$230 5,159 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 249GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 378 455 458 456 445 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 365 Write 436 Mixed 334 SusWrite 426 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 62.5 4K Mixed 34.2 121% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 291 222% 299 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 110%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 6TB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 3.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 41 41 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 40.1 48% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.1 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C15 4x16GB-$420 211 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 47 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 41.4 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 157%

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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	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