MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.4% 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	141% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	36.4 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	13.7 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 09:04
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 220 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 648 58% 491 Pts	64-Core 837 52% 837 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 135 Parallax 115 99% 124 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 122 Splatting 104 88% 107 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 175 163 141 149 262 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,551 Write 351 Mixed 512 SusWrite 177 141% 648 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 82.8 4K Mixed 42.1 154% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 332 279% 422 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 76GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 266 231 231 184 169 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 451 Mixed 377 SusWrite 234 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 50.1 161% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 355 264% 349 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 312GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 118 120 119 121 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 123 Write 112 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 86%
Intenso USB 3.0 device 5TB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 46 48 47 48 50 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 134 Mixed 31 SusWrite 47.2 53% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 0.6 176% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 155 160 163 163 158 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 126 Write 136 Mixed 106 SusWrite 158 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 0.6 307% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 45 44 45 47 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.5% Below average	Read 69 Write 93.5 Mixed 67 SusWrite 46.3 51% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 0.5 187% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: 0909 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 83 83 86 89 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 117 Mixed 31 SusWrite 83.4 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7.2 4K Mixed 0.6 242% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 87%
Asmt 2105 4TB 257 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 46 48 47 48 48 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	63% Good	Read 172 Write 144 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 47.3 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 99%
Seagate M3 Portable 4TB 5,513 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 64 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 55.5 Write 69.2 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 63.8 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 215% 2 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 65%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3TB free Firmware: SC61 SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 187 190 191 183 191 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 59GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 84 84 85 85 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 72.5 Write 69 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 84 107% 77 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2133 C14 4x16GB 763 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 49.2 MC Mixed 38.6 119% 41.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 117%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

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 $179	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