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 (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	79.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160607
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 05:45
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 699 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 919 57% 919 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW120H6 120GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 616 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 568 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 152 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 69 90198835256 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 177169 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 177169 (F2) Unknown 100 100 278474 (F9) Unknown 100 100 2839 (FC) Unknown 100 100 32	79.8% Very good	Read 510 Write 291 Mixed 377 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 31.7 108% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 78.9 88% 148 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 93%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 17GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 97 97 12900 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1521 (B1) Unknown 95 95 50 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 50 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 356 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20164381115	77.6% Very good	Read 486 Write 344 Mixed 345 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 18.4 92% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 62.7 90% 168 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 108%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 188GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 133 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 609 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 553 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11321 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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
Poor: 43% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 147GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 154 0 (03) Spinup time 171 165 4408 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3491 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23820 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3399 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 647 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2843 (C2) HDA temperature 101 96 46 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 109 Write 77.6 Mixed 78.1 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.3 78% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 103GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243235424 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1562 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 33185596 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12865 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1518 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 49 756416557 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16546 (C2) HDA temperature 45 51 38654705709 (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 121272696581683 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11635805897 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50041305661
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 100GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19333233 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3118 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 101170807 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20130 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2900 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 259 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 47 773390382 (C2) HDA temperature 46 53 55834574894 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 21 19333233 (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 -131400229426308 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1146938196 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3710461466	49.8% Average	Read 89 Write 84.6 Mixed 79.3 63% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.44 98% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-16-16 D4-2400 F4-2666C15-4GRR F4-2666C15-4GRR CL16-16-16 D4-2400 F4-2666C15-4GRR F4-2666C15-4GRR 32GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	92.1% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 33.4 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 92%

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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	825x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	330x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	118x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	149x
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 $96Bench 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 $300	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16