MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	135% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 08:13
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$150 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 679 68% 552 Pts	64-Core 844 52% 844 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 143 Parallax 125 112% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 137 Splatting 106 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 759GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 901 Write 919 Mixed 922 204% 914 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 25.9 99% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 16.6 88% 197 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 445%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59820904 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 607240 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 803 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 67 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5128 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 73014444061 (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 129970005344966 (F1) Unknown 100 253 892549878 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4956453700	109% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 182 Mixed 181 141% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.17 76% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 114%
TS256GSS D370S 256GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 141GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 108 139% 108 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 12.1 1,257% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 35.4 DQ Mixed 12.6 1,703% 22.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 163%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C16 4x8GB 1,538 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 93%

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

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,540 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	825x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	331x
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	89x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	60x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16