MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.15 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 208 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 686 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 862 53% 862 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.3% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 75.8 68% 81.5 fps	MRender 80.4 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 67 60% 73.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 582 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 349 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 58 54 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4058314726	80.9% Excellent	Read 515 Write 411 Mixed 418 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 52.6 4K Mixed 20.3 103% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 95.8 77% 103 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 179 145 10025 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 769 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 579 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 341 (10) Unknown 0 200 4331152677 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 739 (C2) HDA temperature 113 111 39 (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	105% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 184 Mixed 157 131% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 2.87 4K Mixed 0.27 120% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8x4GB 5,222 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	MC Read 46.8 MC Write 43.4 MC Mixed 47.9 132% 46 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 20.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 148%

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,541 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	826x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	331x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16