MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	3.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 00:42
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 74.5 2-Core 185 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 629 62% 509 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3110) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.3 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 15.9 14% 15.6 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 17.1 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 284 34 50 25 27 32 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 495 Write 434 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 75.4 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 21.5 75% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 0.4 19% 50.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 86%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 787GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 98 98 98 98 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 98 Write 69 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 97.9 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 62%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 931GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 122 123 123 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 139 Write 126 Mixed 117 SusWrite 122 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 69%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1TB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 88 96 97 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Read 86.8 Write 87.7 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 94.2 117% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 92% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FAD 2x4GB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 14 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 87%

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

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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	785x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 66% - Good

Total price: $523

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $40	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