MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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.
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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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.
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '18 at 16:19
Run Duration	264 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 685 65% 539 Pts	64-Core 1,022 63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 181 Parallax 184 112% 168 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 165 Splatting 117 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 270GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4576785 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 59545426606525 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 986 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 42 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 45 60132491299 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4576785 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4576785 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4576785 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4128 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6624 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6624 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4215	57.3% Above average	Read 502 Write 234 Mixed 318 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 10.8 57% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 10.3 42% 95.9 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%
HP M700 240GB 1,407 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 223GB free Firmware: Q1117B1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B0) Unknown 100 100 100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	77.3% Very good	Read 517 Write 464 Mixed 491 110% 491 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 56.9 4K Mixed 9.62 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 12 22% 41 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 105%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 116GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4234436 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 58548994193855 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 43 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 60132360227 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4234436 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4234436 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4234436 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 17179869184 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2953 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4620 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4620 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3420	59.2% Above average	Read 506 Write 271 Mixed 279 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 10.9 56% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 10.9 41% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 69%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 116GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5371100 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -139904264685121 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 40 64427130916 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5371100 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5371100 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5371100 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 894 (EA) Unknown 0 0 136 (F1) Unknown 0 0 136 (F2) Unknown 0 0 520	59.7% Above average	Read 505 Write 157 Mixed 232 65% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 50.4 4K Mixed 12.4 80% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 155 DQ Mixed 11.7 47% 105 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 82%
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 14063688 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 -92273077372485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 985 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 41 64427196453 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14063688 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14063688 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14063688 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 21474836481 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11081 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7906 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7906 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6689	52.9% Above average	Read 489 Write 135 Mixed 211 60% 278 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 11.7 73% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 10.2 31% 62 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 741GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 100 52326792 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1295 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2053345 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15833 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29250 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 55834574882 (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 100029788331236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3149322717 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4359874763	71.3% Very good	Read 137 Write 112 Mixed 99.5 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.24 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 264GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38683017685 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5750 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24926 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1109 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6134 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 201864249382 (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 4324	40.2% Average	Read 69.4 Write 70.3 Mixed 69 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR4 2400 2OZ 4x8GB 1,487 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2400 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing below potential (98^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 47.4 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 41.7 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.5 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 107%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	785x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	45x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	35x
8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GBMicronBench 91%, 1,465 samples	28x

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Total price: $523

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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