MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81%, 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	225% 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 8 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

8 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	60.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '16 at 02:40
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 674 64% 529 Pts	64-Core 863 53% 863 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81% 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. 10.18.13.6191 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Lighting 90.6 Reflection 88.3 Parallax 77.3 74% 85.4 fps	MRender 81.8 Gravity 77.9 Splatting 70.9 62% 76.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St5000dm 000-1FK178 5TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 242691504 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3333 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 25922822034 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1914 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3285 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 1 17180142260 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 55 605618209 (BF) G-sense error rate 85 85 30755 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 3035 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16230 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 42949672993 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 100 242691504 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 90 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 90 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 150 13844 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 19761144530141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 183911664695 (F2) Unknown 100 253 67693246523	13.1% Very poor	Read 34 Write 148 Mixed 89.5 21% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 12.9 4K Mixed 0.43 9% 4.82 MB/s	DQ Read 3.49 DQ Write 4.35 DQ Mixed 0.26 1% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 19%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 159GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1937 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 159 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5895548884	133% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 503 Mixed 518 115% 516 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 54.3 212% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 174 181% 298 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2581 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 277 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 112 (AE) Unknown 99 99 75 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 19 45 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 28696 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20011 (F2) Unknown 99 99 27984	225% Outstanding	Read 1,953 Write 1,181 Mixed 1,303 327% 1,479 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 48.7 205% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 306 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 157 154% 246 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 220%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 47426928 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3498 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54642927 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1338 (B7) Unknown 58 58 42 (B8) Unknown 87 87 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1308 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 50 555155487 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 405 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 46657 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 42949672991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 38847 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101627516161433 (F1) Unknown 100 253 164601833772 (F2) Unknown 100 253 147958893148	80.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 139 Mixed 69.9 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 96%
Generic Flash Disk 128GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 74GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.01% Terrible	Read 26.1 Write 8.92 Mixed 8.84 15% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.81 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.01% Great: 7%
Patriot Memory 16GB 454 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 15GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Read 194 Write 21.2 Mixed 12.5 61% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 8.23 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.09 50% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 35%

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 clocked @ 2133 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 40.8 MC Write 43.7 MC Mixed 41.8 120% 42.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 22.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 121%

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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	822x
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 $76Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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