MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82%, 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	94.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 (16%). 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	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 11:10
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 214 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 614 64% 512 Pts	64-Core 813 50% 813 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 144 Reflection 144 Parallax 134 118% 141 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 135 Splatting 106 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$79 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 328GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 302 300 301 301 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 308 Mixed 278 SusWrite 301 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 35.3 137% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 239 205% 303 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 129%
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 14GB free Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 174 169 153 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 442 Write 174 Mixed 178 SusWrite 163 53% 239 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 13.1 99% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 75.7 82% 137 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 71%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 145 144 143 144 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 126 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 144 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 1.5 327% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 138%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 123 123 123 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 122 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x16GB 46,387 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.4% Good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 164%

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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	825x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	331x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16