MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	77.6% 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	70.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). 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	42.1 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 23:31
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.5% Average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 34.1 2-Core 67.5 39% 57.8 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 204 20% 166 Pts	64-Core 254 16% 254 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.6% Very good	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 85.2 Parallax 193 60% 117 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 182 Splatting 110 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 954GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,229 Write 1,787 Mixed 1,844 435% 1,953 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 30.3 110% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 34.7 32% 48 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 852GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 17 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 26 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 300751332	70.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 406 Mixed 413 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 15.9 80% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 46 DQ Write 71.2 DQ Mixed 33.4 32% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 133%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 222GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13294 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (A2) Unknown 100 100 655 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13107501 (AE) Unknown 100 100 64 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13621 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7153	77.4% Very good	Read 489 Write 499 Mixed 502 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 15.2 78% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 31% 66.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 115%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 57GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 19087 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 372 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 69 51 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 105 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15514771217	76% Very good	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 424 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 36 4K Mixed 23.1 89% 28.6 MB/s	DQ Read 86.3 DQ Write 77.5 DQ Mixed 37.6 40% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 133%
Corsair Neutron XT 240GB-$170 1,466 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 14GB free Firmware: SAFC01.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13138 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 177 (A2) Unknown 54 54 141733921365 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524344 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (B5) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 33 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1608 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1636	72.2% Very good	Read 500 Write 497 Mixed 499 112% 499 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 41.1 4K Mixed 15.5 58% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 86.6 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 15.6 32% 63.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 115%
WDC WD10 03FZEX-00MK2A0 1TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 900GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 188 Write 173 Mixed 132 205% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1.26 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 74%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 64GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 37GB free, PID 0732 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 90 Write 57.3 Mixed 55.1 80% 67.5 MB/s	4K Read 6.49 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.76 81% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 6x8GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 38 MC Mixed 39.2 109% 38.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 10.6 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 97.6 41% 97.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 123%

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Desktop 81%

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Workstation 57%

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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 $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