MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '19 at 16:04
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 170 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 608 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 790 49% 790 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 155 Reflection 178 Parallax 171 126% 168 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 171 Splatting 124 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 407 415 389 395 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 481 Write 474 Mixed 368 SusWrite 408 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 40.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.5 188% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 351 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 134%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 107GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 72 73 73 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 485 Write 340 Mixed 326 SusWrite 100 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 33.5 143% 51.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 193 169% 249 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 568GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 104 61 68 119 123 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 130 Write 128 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 94.8 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 124 124 124 124 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 121 Write 106 Mixed 76 SusWrite 125 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 66%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 463GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 98.2 Write 1.5 Mixed 20.3 SusWrite 2 26% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.3 43% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GB 776 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	69.6% Good	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 20 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.3 63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,026 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 45%

Yacht

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	785x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	45x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	35x
8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GBMicronBench 91%, 1,465 samples	28x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $523

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 $178	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