MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	62.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '16 at 20:10
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 117 2-Core 236 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 716 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 896 56% 896 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 120 Parallax 116 90% 116 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 91.5 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 238GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,039 Write 913 Mixed 1,188 303% 1,380 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 53.6 220% 87.5 MB/s	DQ Read 641 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 210 211% 353 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 243%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5151696 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -82738249986477 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 625 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 375 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 41 73017131048 (C2) HDA temperature 40 41 73017131048 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5151696 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5151696 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5151696 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 525 (EA) Unknown 0 0 482 (F1) Unknown 0 0 482 (F2) Unknown 0 0 361 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424854	55% Above average	Read 416 Write 104 Mixed 111 45% 211 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 11.9 96% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 79.6 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 31.3 43% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 73%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 506GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 163 1016 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2658 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 530 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 127 127 221098 (C2) HDA temperature 111 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	56.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 90.6 Mixed 78.5 68% 91.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4D240FSC.16FA 4x16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.2% Very good	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 126%

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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	829x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	332x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	150x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	117x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	91x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	41x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	47x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16