MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	89.8% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	121.8 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 10:36
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 5 cores, 10 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 83.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 231 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 684 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro M6000 24GB 361 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Nvidia(10DE 1157) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1152 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 87.5 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 75 71% 78.2 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 86.4 Splatting 73 64% 79.5 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 406GB free Firmware: X4120000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4231 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (A5) Unknown 100 100 266402530613 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 27 (A9) Unknown 100 100 488 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 177 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 39 167504904220 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3642154615632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6823 (EA) Unknown 100 100 12831 (F1) Unknown 253 253 9237 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12089 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0
Poor: 60% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 828 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 120 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 69 61 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 108 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9753248995	89.8% Excellent	Read 512 Write 394 Mixed 413 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 24.8 135% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.5 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 103 86% 120 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 133%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 667GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 217 147 8141 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1396 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 387 (10) Unknown 4 196 79031994559 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1233 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.8% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 32.8 Mixed 78.3 41% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.24 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	MC Read 52.9 MC Write 54.2 MC Mixed 46.7 146% 51.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 21.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 140%

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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	823x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $160Bench 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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Total price: $422

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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