MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	209% 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 22 '16 at 00:56
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (96^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 89.3 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 207 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 791 77% 631 Pts	64-Core 1,074 66% 1,074 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.4% 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)	69.9% Good	Lighting 90.5 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 84.6 74% 88.3 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 79.9 Splatting 70.6 62% 77.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4501 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 486 (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 72 56 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 179 (F1) Unknown 99 99 13008587132	114% Outstanding	Read 525 Write 496 Mixed 515 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.4 168% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 69.1 103% 193 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 114% 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 as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 289 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (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 31 100 103082295327 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 167099 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 167099 (F2) Unknown 100 100 154565 (F9) Unknown 100 100 6471	78.4% Very good	Read 518 Write 237 Mixed 291 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 19.2 126% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 35.4 58% 112 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 95%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5101 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 614 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 299 (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 63 19 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 76664 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56064 (F2) Unknown 99 99 36743	209% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 1,204 Mixed 1,374 335% 1,516 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 28.8 149% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 133 138% 227 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 209% 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 (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 30094000450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (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 100 100 138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 228 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193275035684 (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	81.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 132 Mixed 140 107% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.32 89% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 97%
WDC WD40 EZRZ-00WN9B0 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3.5TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 140 Write 133 Mixed 90.7 151% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%

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 below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.9 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 41.8 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,532 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

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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	118x

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 $90Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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