MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	227% 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

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, 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	56.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 03:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 740 73% 599 Pts	64-Core 900 56% 900 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.7% 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 CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67% Good	Lighting 85.3 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 74 70% 82.1 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 71.5 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 288GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5332 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 627 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 26 (EB) Unknown 99 99 216 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13450496457	119% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 420 Mixed 465 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 51.1 196% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 172 176% 288 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 124%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 93GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 251 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 100 64427589665 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 174459 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1160 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 84 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 32536 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 174459 (F2) Unknown 100 100 193383 (F9) Unknown 100 100 11757	85% Excellent	Read 446 Write 211 Mixed 292 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 26.9 148% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 49.4 89% 176 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 95%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5933 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 750 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 320 (AE) Unknown 99 99 168 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 19 44 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 82072 (F1) Unknown 99 99 58629 (F2) Unknown 99 99 38475	227% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 1,190 Mixed 1,319 331% 1,497 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 48.9 205% 78.2 MB/s	DQ Read 311 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 154 155% 249 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 220%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 7.5TB free Firmware: 83.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 161 161 38678823361 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 971 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 147 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 564 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 564 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274576932 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	80.8% Excellent	Read 136 Write 145 Mixed 155 110% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.51 126% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 97%

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 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.8 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.3 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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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	118x

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 $98Bench 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 $269	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 $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 $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