MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 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	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '16 at 04:08
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 99.4 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 604 58% 479 Pts	64-Core 780 48% 780 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Lighting 91.7 Reflection 88.7 Parallax 78.4 75% 86.2 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 79.8 Splatting 71.1 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4891 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 598 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 294 (AE) Unknown 99 99 142 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 19 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 75496 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55498 (F2) Unknown 99 99 36124	212% Outstanding	Read 1,938 Write 1,161 Mixed 1,050 305% 1,383 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 38.1 174% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 138 139% 223 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 220%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 16GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 39%

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 @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	109% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.3 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 109% 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	825x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	331x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

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 $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	47x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16