MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	90.3% 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	100% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 02:44
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (52^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, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 92.8 2-Core 198 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 581 61% 489 Pts	64-Core 726 45% 726 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 121 Parallax 111 93% 115 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2408 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 388 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 57 49 43 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 92 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9821311819	100% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 402 Mixed 411 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 40.6 140% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 320 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 118 131% 223 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
WD WD7500AACS-00D6B0 750GB 4,630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 289GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 47623 (03) Spinup time 204 176 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3746 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 41865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3121 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 774 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 159 159 125941 (C2) HDA temperature 115 92 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 197 253 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 199 141 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 173 165 2745	37.8% Below average	Read 57 Write 74.6 Mixed 58.3 48% 63.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 46%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 96GB free Firmware: 04.04V01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 194 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3218 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3078 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3219 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.7% Above average	Read 92.7 Write 101 Mixed 85 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.59 154% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 69%
WD My Passport 259B 1TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 428GB free, PID 259b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 30.1 Write 26.8 Mixed 24.6 34% 27.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.25 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$408 6,794 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	92.8% Outstanding	MC Read 34.9 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 33.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 19.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 115%

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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	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 $40	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