MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	213% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	56.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160607
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 12:15
Run Duration	261 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 715 71% 577 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3233) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 105 91% 111 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 100 Splatting 88.7 77% 94.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,991 Write 1,359 Mixed 1,202 336% 1,517 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 30.7 157% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 49.6 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 26.3 36% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 254%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 176 7958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 422792 (C2) HDA temperature 120 109 32 (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	77% Very good	Read 132 Write 137 Mixed 131 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 101%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 172 7925 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1045234 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 33 (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	85% Excellent	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 141 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 83%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 258GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 233 225 8325 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 47644 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4469 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 575 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 193 193 21601 (C2) HDA temperature 113 90 37 (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 289222 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.1% Above average	Read 93.3 Write 80.9 Mixed 88 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.5 133% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 65%
Lexar CFUDMASD 64GB 59GB free, PID b035 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	17.9% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 34.1 Mixed 35.3 45% 35.3 MB/s	4K Read 7.25 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.92 97% 3.1 MB/s

SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 24GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	18.4% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 20.9 Mixed 26.2 33% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.17 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 1.35 148% 2.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x16GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.2 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 132%

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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 $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: 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 $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