MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	234% 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 9 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	59.2 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '16 at 19:25
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 692 67% 549 Pts	64-Core 905 56% 905 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.1% 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 (100^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Lighting 91.8 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 79.1 75% 86.7 fps	MRender 82.3 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 70.7 62% 77.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 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 2463 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 263 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 110 (AE) Unknown 99 99 74 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 19 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 28160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19710 (F2) Unknown 99 99 27577	234% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 1,189 Mixed 1,349 334% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 53.2 226% 88.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 150 152% 245 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 220%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 104GB free Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 1820 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 145 (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 77 56 23 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5617154946	129% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 506 Mixed 522 116% 519 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 53 203% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 49.5 114% 237 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 149GB free Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12592844112787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 288 (B7) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 23 48 68722622487 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 288 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 343803 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 66 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 343803 (F2) Unknown 100 100 713127 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3320	52.3% Above average	Read 509 Write 139 Mixed 209 62% 286 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 8.64 69% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 38.2 DQ Mixed 37.3 41% 72.5 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 7750072 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3480 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54559141 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7906 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1320 (B7) Unknown 69 69 31 (B8) Unknown 87 87 13 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 99 1 1263 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 50 605814812 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41996 (C2) HDA temperature 28 50 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 38810 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101215199300916 (F1) Unknown 100 253 164521863766 (F2) Unknown 100 253 145269591370	96% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 146 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 96% 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)	6.86% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 8.28 Mixed 10.3 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.25 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.86% Great: 7%

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 above expectations (64^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 43.2 124% 43.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 23.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%

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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	118x

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 $90Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

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 $45	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