MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	237% 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.

Run History

23 months ago, 15 months ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '22 at 17:28
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 148 61% 101 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 629 58% 483 Pts	64-Core 769 48% 769 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 3553) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	77.9% Very good	Lighting 106 Reflection 86.8 Parallax 103 86% 98.7 fps	MRender 85 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 66.9 61% 75.8 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2019)-$74 114,373 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 286GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1879 1319 920 839 829 761 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1896 Write 1,902 Mixed 1,667 SusWrite 1,091 368% 1,639 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 62.1 218% 79.8 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 629 461% 610 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 347%
PNY Optima 240GB-$64 788 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 222GB free Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 288 289 288 289 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 287 Mixed 282 SusWrite 287 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 87.4 4K Mixed 37 131% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 194 173% 260 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 98%
Toshiba HDWR440 4TB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 144GB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 121 123 123 122 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 109 Write 119 Mixed 65.7 SusWrite 121 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 137%
Toshiba HDWR440 4TB 1,242 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0601 SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 248 248 248 248 248 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 78% Great: 137%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.7% Outstanding	MC Read 37.4 MC Write 39.7 MC Mixed 34.8 107% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 20.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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	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 $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	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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16