MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.9% 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	185% 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 23:53
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	57%

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PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 83.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 637 60% 498 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8596) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 112 Parallax 94.8 83% 103 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 98.1 79% 96.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$4 3,426 User benchmarks, average bench 174% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57CZ4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 1,697 Write 838 Mixed 900 252% 1,145 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 54.3 162% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 160 164% 268 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 219%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 100 46739592 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1442939 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 120 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 454557723 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 973 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 68719476763 (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 32646046416997 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5483101064 (F2) Unknown 100 253 19352040272	82.7% Excellent	Read 121 Write 166 Mixed 133 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 5.36 4K Mixed 0.67 202% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$39 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 353GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76033728 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9431 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 198843467 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14697 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3754 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 768 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 14 14 173055 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 51539607580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 114 99 76033728 (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 -116196045219123 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2726999139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 420021328	46.4% Average	Read 81.8 Write 80 Mixed 75.6 60% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.22 60% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 58%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 120GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3745 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 809 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1457 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 227634249756 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.9% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 120 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.18 77% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$161 35,811 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 110%

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,530 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	822x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	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