MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	258% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '20 at 17:13
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 78.8 2-Core 159 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 642 58% 489 Pts	64-Core 940 58% 940 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 934 642 636 639 639 642 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,522 Write 2,342 Mixed 1,585 SusWrite 688 398% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 79.4 262% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 890 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 813 587% 764 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 340%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 98GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 515 116 104 102 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 936 Write 713 Mixed 176 SusWrite 174 110% 500 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 51.5 4K Mixed 38.4 125% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 135 136% 219 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 182%
Sandisk S3 512G 512GB 10,855 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: 40101000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 429 429 427 429 428 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 457 Mixed 278 SusWrite 426 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 28.6 148% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 177 181% 295 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (82^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	109% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 43.3 MC Mixed 43.4 124% 43.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.3 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 121%

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

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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	823x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	329x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	117x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	148x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	137x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	116x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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	40x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	52x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	46x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $371

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) $35	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