MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	181% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	19.9 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 03 '18 at 18:59
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 105 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 803 72% 611 Pts	64-Core 1052 65% 1052 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.9 92% 109 fps	MRender 96.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ST4000DM000-1F2168 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 249GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4395 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 65 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 73 49 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2397971713	98.1% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 498 Mixed 510 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 36.9 134% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 74.2 72% 114 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 137%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$330 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	181% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 815 Mixed 1,143 290% 1,322 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 99.3 4K Mixed 27.4 149% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 63.8 75% 129 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 181% Great: 283%
Toshiba X300 4TB-$132 23,740 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 694GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6794 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 5826 (0A) Spinup retry count 154 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 93 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3176 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159675425 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4249 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 561 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	65.4% Good	Read 115 Write 113 Mixed 104 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.21 86% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 330GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138032496 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6857 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2386313 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13955 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 140 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 487718938 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22251 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 73014444058 (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 -63402307218336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14649535100 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84371695933	82.3% Excellent	Read 160 Write 127 Mixed 141 108% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 77GB 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 119 99 226490472 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 144212656 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27600 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 24 24 76 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 48 521273373 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 66 66 68117 (C2) HDA temperature 29 52 64424509469 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 8 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -29437705824486 (F1) Unknown 100 253 115648534317 (F2) Unknown 100 253 299017437384	80.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 128 Mixed 133 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (100^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	93.3% Outstanding	MC Read 42.2 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 31.6 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 45%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	795x
Core i7-5930KIntel $143Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	46x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	126x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	80x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	70x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	33x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $137Bench 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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