MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% 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	254% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	29.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '16 at 16:50
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 686 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 861 53% 861 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3252) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 112 Parallax 100 92% 108 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 97.9 Splatting 86.1 75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 67 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 54 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 59 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2074757385	100% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 409 Mixed 422 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 38 136% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 120 138% 238 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 381GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,173 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,549 381% 1,719 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 54.9 197% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 197 209% 349 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 283%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 466GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 152 4916 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 34256 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 849 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 61 61 418866 (C2) HDA temperature 121 91 26 (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 200 200 991 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	44.4% Average	Read 77.2 Write 77.1 Mixed 67.4 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.33 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 49%
Samsung Spinpoint F4 2TB-$119 45,158 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 380GB free Firmware: 1AQ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 694 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 64 63 11042 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1504 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7781 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 300 (B5) Unknown 100 100 5375057 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 63 158914445335 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 96 96 2234 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 2 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1533	65.4% Good	Read 119 Write 108 Mixed 104 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 72%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 1TB 3,701 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 133GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 49.8 Write 61 Mixed 54.8 73% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.34 4K Mixed 0.16 19% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 289 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.3% Good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 22.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.2 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 125%

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Gaming 65%

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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	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 $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