MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	17.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '19 at 04:53
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 101 2-Core 194 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 613 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4992) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63% Good	Lighting 80 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 81.9 65% 78.4 fps	MRender 75.6 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 67.1 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 187 179 171 173 202 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Read 351 Write 257 Mixed 262 SusWrite 191 59% 265 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 29.9 116% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 33.3 35% 55.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 95%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 185GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 81 83 83 83 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 78.5 Write 66.5 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 76%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 104GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 96 95 94 94 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 94.3 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.3 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 39.9 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	787x
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	126x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $508

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