MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	255% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 20:42
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 696 70% 571 Pts	64-Core 899 56% 899 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 77.1 72% 83.9 fps	MRender 81.9 Gravity 77.6 Splatting 69.2 62% 76.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 2,286 Write 1,407 Mixed 1,602 390% 1,765 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 48.1 207% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 33.7 107% 235 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Lacie P9227 Mobile 4TB 565 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3.5TB free Firmware: 1153 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 102 Write 117 Mixed 79.9 74% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 6.66 4K Mixed 0.59 206% 2.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 13375112 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1819 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20617802 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4304 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1086 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 515403939975 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 454754331 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 90 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7150 (C2) HDA temperature 27 47 60129542171 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30502857740082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 64512720955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 337178479423	75% Very good	Read 97.6 Write 163 Mixed 141 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.78 216% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 94%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 79.6 Write 158 Mixed 109 161% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GB 30,689 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (89^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 42.3 MC Mixed 39.6 118% 41.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.1 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%

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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 $78Bench 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 $160Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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