MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.2% 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 21 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 237 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 761 74% 608 Pts	64-Core 949 59% 949 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.5% 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: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 84.9 Parallax 75.7 68% 81.3 fps	MRender 80.6 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 67.1 60% 74.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5460 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 449 (B1) Unknown 98 98 22 (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 62 60 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 47 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9465912599	86.2% Excellent	Read 514 Write 412 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 23.3 128% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 88.1 DQ Mixed 21.7 28% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 124%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 174 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 378 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 98 1430 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 359 (C2) HDA temperature 115 115 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.2% Very good	Read 127 Write 128 Mixed 106 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.23 97% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 82%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 139 139 17208050057 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2107 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 447 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2107 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2107 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 171799609382 (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	65.3% Good	Read 142 Write 85.4 Mixed 137 92% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.14 78% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZ F4-3200C16-8GTZB F4-3200C16-8GTZ 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 3200, 3200, 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 48.3 132% 46.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,531 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	823x
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 $92Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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