MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	58.6 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '16 at 01:20
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 89 1-Core 87.8 2-Core 244 77% 140 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 839 79% 658 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7306 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Lighting 91.2 Reflection 86 Parallax 85.9 74% 87.7 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 78 Splatting 71.7 62% 76.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 308GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4477 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 485 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 179 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12959017732	122% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 497 Mixed 511 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 50 181% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 161 169% 279 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 124%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 270 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 127 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 36 100 103082295332 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 166579 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 47 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 166579 (F2) Unknown 100 100 153261 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6412	86.4% Excellent	Read 517 Write 228 Mixed 267 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 27.7 138% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 64.1 97% 184 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 95%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5078 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 613 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 298 (AE) Unknown 99 99 146 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 19 42 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 76520 (F1) Unknown 99 99 55976 (F2) Unknown 99 99 36659	222% Outstanding	Read 1,976 Write 1,191 Mixed 1,354 333% 1,507 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 45.6 189% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 140 144% 233 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 220%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 83.H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 25769803776 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 115 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 9 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 193275035688 (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	74.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 132 Mixed 127 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 97%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60% Above average	Read 145 Write 150 Mixed 90.2 161% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 44.1 MC Mixed 42.6 123% 43.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 121%

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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	827x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	332x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	47x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16