MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 94.6 2-Core 193 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 634 62% 507 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 144 Parallax 126 106% 133 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 129 Splatting 108 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow SNV Series 128GB 1,098 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 119GB free Firmware: D100309a Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 11379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1935 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 47 100 201864839215 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 12648509 (AD) Unknown 100 100 10316843387901	28.9% Poor	Read 236 Write 167 Mixed 136 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 8.91 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 5.74 29% 10.1 MB/s	DQ Read 10.1 DQ Write 18.8 DQ Mixed 5.46 7% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 30%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV10135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1,975 Write 991 Mixed 1,315 315% 1,427 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 31 159% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 152 166% 279 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 230%
WD VelociRaptor 500GB-$62 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 417GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 198 2983 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4323 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1781 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4265 (C2) HDA temperature 108 105 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 180 Mixed 165 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 1.79 4K Write 4.61 4K Mixed 0.45 210% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 38.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 19.2 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 97%

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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 $95Bench 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