MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	8.76% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	91% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

High background CPU (29%). 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	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '15 at 09:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 101 2-Core 199 68% 150 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 648 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 68% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.251.9001.1001 Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	8.76% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 8.35 Parallax 9.25 9% 9.62 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 8.13 Splatting 12 8% 9.38 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 8.76% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 7 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 64 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 206676793	91% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 364 Mixed 397 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 71.8 4K Mixed 28 120% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 107 127% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 124%
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 119GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4668 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1602 (B1) Unknown 96 96 132 (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 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 73 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10478394096	70.3% Very good	Read 499 Write 303 Mixed 369 86% 390 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 57.6 4K Mixed 18.8 83% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 79.6 DQ Mixed 62.2 70% 125 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 76%
Maxtor STM3160815AS 160GB 2,329 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 149GB free Firmware: 4.AAB Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 690998804 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14737 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3690 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 639107110 (C2) HDA temperature 38 53 64424509478 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 63 3269292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 168 32839 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.9% Average	Read 73.3 Write 72.6 Mixed 69.9 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

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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	786x
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 $94Bench 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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Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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

MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (55th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)