MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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.
ProcessorWith 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics125% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemMSI MS-7885
MotherboardMSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)  (all builds)
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160715
Uptime6.7 Days
Run DateJul 18 '18 at 04:31
Run Duration459 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
84.6% Excellent
Memory 96
1-Core 112
2-Core 212
81% 140 Pts
4-Core 395
8-Core 684
65% 539 Pts
64-Core 848
52% 848 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.6%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 170
Reflection 202
Parallax 178
139% 183 fps
MRender 129
Gravity 177
Splatting 127
117% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,837
Write 1,066
Mixed 535
251% 1,146 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 51.3
192% 69.8 MB/s
DQ Read 921
DQ Write 706
DQ Mixed 687
548% 771 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39
6GB free
Firmware: X31200RL
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 465
Write 285
Mixed 163
67% 304 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 90.3
4K Mixed 24.5
126% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 236
DQ Mixed 99.5
129% 235 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151
42GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 111 112 116 119 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
64.3% Good
Read 108
Write 107
Mixed 82
SusWrite 116
76% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 1
207% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 64.3%
Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176
260GB free
Firmware: SC61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 127 129 130 128 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130
3.5TB free
Firmware: AR17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 103 104 102 104 105 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD WD25EZRS-00J99B0 2.5TB
264GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 103 105 105 105 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 124
Write 113
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 104
74% 101 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.8
171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 68%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130
158GB free
Firmware: AR17
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 127 130 131 127 129 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119
87GB free
Firmware: 1AQ10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 113 113 114 121 114 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 70.5
Write 84
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 116
59% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 32%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 72%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70
207GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 61 63 62 62 63 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
36% Below average
Read 62.8
Write 66.8
Mixed 74
SusWrite 62.1
50% 66.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.4
109% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 36%
Great: 67%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176
278GB free
Firmware: SC61
SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 198 200 199 200 201 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
237GB free
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 122 123 123 123 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 122
Write 96
Mixed 56.5
SusWrite 122
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.7
134% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 114%
WD WD20EACS-11BHUB0 2TB
285GB free
Firmware: 51.0AB51
SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 23 24 24 24 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
24.1% Poor
Read 60.3
Write 25.8
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 23.7
25% 34.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.4
64% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 24.1%
Great: 66%
WD Elements 2TB
15GB free, PID 1021
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.9 9.2 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
12.8% Very poor
Read 31.5
Write 31
Mixed 26.5
SusWrite 8.9
32% 24.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.7
94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 12.8%
Great: 44%
WD Elements 107C 5TB
1TB free, PID 107c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 124 124 125 125 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
52.8% Above average
Read 116
Write 126
Mixed 88.7
SusWrite 124
156% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.8
4K Mixed 0.9
129% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 52.8%
Great: 66%
WD Ext HDD 1021 3TB
1TB free, PID 1021
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.5 7.3 7.7 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
12% Very poor
Read 30.2
Write 31.5
Mixed 26
SusWrite 7.4
31% 23.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.7
91% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 12%
Great: 22%
SAMSUNG HD204UI 2TB
7GB free, PID 0577
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9 8.8 8.8 8.9 8.9 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
9.12% Terrible
Read 28
Write 34
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 8.8
33% 24.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.3
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.5
52% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 9.12%
Great: 20%
WD Elements 107C 5TB
94GB free, PID 107c
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 137 140 137 139 140 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
54.9% Above average
Read 124
Write 132
Mixed 91.7
SusWrite 139
166% 122 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.9
106% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 66%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB
283GB free, PID 1110
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.5 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
12.5% Very poor
Read 32.5
Write 31.5
Mixed 27.5
SusWrite 8.4
32% 25 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
87% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 12.5%
Great: 22%
WD My Book 1140 3TB
18GB free, PID 1140
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 97 83 83 86 86 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
35.4% Below average
Read 71.8
Write 72.8
Mixed 63
SusWrite 86.9
101% 73.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 35.4%
Great: 59%
WD My Book Essentials 1.5TB
122GB free, PID 1110
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.3 7.8 8.1 8.1 8 8 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
10.2% Very poor
Read 29.7
Write 31.5
Mixed 25
SusWrite 8
31% 23.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 10.2%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
117% Outstanding
MC Read 40.9
MC Write 54.9
MC Mixed 41.7
131% 45.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 20.3
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 53.8
74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 117%
Great: 113%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 117%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

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