MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	84.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). 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	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 17:33
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 232 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 700 68% 560 Pts	64-Core 914 56% 914 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 141 Parallax 120 105% 130 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 686 Write 403 Mixed 366 107% 485 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 73.6 4K Mixed 15 103% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.9 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 88.5 58% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 182%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 33GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4308079 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 44444321588001 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1587 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 404 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 24 103080788096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4308079 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4308079 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4308079 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3657 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3633 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3633 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3670	67.7% Good	Read 483 Write 124 Mixed 191 58% 266 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 16.3 117% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 197 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 44.8 66% 124 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 321GB free Firmware: CC36 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 164255308 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2839 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 57 25780963217 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4342 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 92 458934 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 63 41 391497646117 (C2) HDA temperature 37 59 47244640293 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 25 164255308 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -93892280052020 (F1) Unknown 100 253 153793364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 642559703	50.1% Above average	Read 79.4 Write 95.5 Mixed 84.7 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.27 61% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 68%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 139GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 37 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 68 9399 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4044 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17763 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2679 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 40 257698758691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1173 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9553	58.9% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 106 Mixed 109 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 4x4GB 2,101 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.8 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 34.3 109% 38.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 107%

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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	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 $92Bench 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 $179	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