MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.9% 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	58.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '18 at 05:07
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 193 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 619 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 945 58% 945 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 0.04 Parallax 0.03 101% 41.3 fps	MRender 57.2 Gravity 135 Splatting 124 89% 105 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 76 74 78 75 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 378 Write 126 Mixed 182 SusWrite 80.2 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 26.6 101% 40.2 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 120 103% 155 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 77%
Seagate ST1000DX002-2DV162 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 124GB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 67 69 69 62 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 74 Write 77.2 Mixed 76 SusWrite 68.4 55% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 66%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70 66,332 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 44GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 130 132 144 164 111 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Read 13.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 143 49% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 0.2 125% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 111%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 620GB free Firmware: AA10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 85 88 86 86 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 88.2 Write 88.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 85.9 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 84%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 143GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 48 61 60 64 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 67.5 Write 33.3 Mixed 16 SusWrite 54.7 53% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 22% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GB 19,774 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	97.8% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 39.6 MC Mixed 35.4 108% 38 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 19.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 104%

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

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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 $95Bench 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 $177	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