MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% 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 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	140% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160410
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '16 at 13:20
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 3.35 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 752 73% 602 Pts	64-Core 971 60% 971 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Lighting 80.7 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 75.2 66% 79.6 fps	MRender 78 Gravity 74.1 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,006 Write 861 Mixed 920 207% 929 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 22.8 130% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 397 DQ Mixed 22.1 75% 152 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 332%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 77GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 990 Write 284 Mixed 449 125% 574 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 89.3 4K Mixed 19.6 124% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 58.3 102% 198 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
WD Red Pro 2TB (2014)-$140 716 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 170 5975 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 173 (10) Unknown 1 199 23730715518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1672 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	105% Outstanding	Read 218 Write 147 Mixed 148 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.31 115% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 93%
WD Red Pro 2TB (2014)-$140 716 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 428GB free Firmware: 81.00A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 162 6441 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 65 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (10) Unknown 1 199 19539011087 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 28 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 956 (C2) HDA temperature 120 108 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	63.2% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 117 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.27 118% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 93%
Verbatim Store n Go Drive 8GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0238 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	6.77% Terrible	Read 20.5 Write 4.7 Mixed 7.38 11% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.63 56% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.77% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G4D240FSA.8FADG 3x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2425 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 29.9 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

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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 $70Bench 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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	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