MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	68.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150323
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 17:01
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 715 73% 588 Pts	64-Core 907 56% 907 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1646 MHz, MLim: 1789 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Lighting 87.1 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 82.3 71% 87.9 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 80.5 Splatting 73.9 64% 79.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS2211 240GB-$90 1,866 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS221016 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11048 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 365 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 949 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5570718 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12099	74.4% Very good	Read 523 Write 269 Mixed 398 88% 397 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 13.9 103% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 47.9 72% 127 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 108%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: MPAOA5D0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 104 (03) Spinup time 140 140 42985718209 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 42 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 366 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1831 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1831 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180389543968 (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 200 200 0	74.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 129 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.15 78% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 24.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58 69% 58 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 97%

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Typical X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 117%

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Desktop 83%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	103x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	41x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	33x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	13x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	9x
CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 98%, 110 samples	9x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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