MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	93.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

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	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 18:14
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 673 66% 543 Pts	64-Core 880 54% 880 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.659.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 90.8 Parallax 167 93% 124 fps	MRender 87.1 Gravity 120 Splatting 129 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 52GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14131 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1552 (B1) Unknown 95 95 51 (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 69 50 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 374 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20249062949	91% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 349 Mixed 343 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 23.6 128% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 67.4 106% 207 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 108%
Intel SSDSCKKW120H6 120GB 388 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF031C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 691 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 173 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 46 69 90198835246 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 173 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 199833 (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 90 90 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 199833 (F2) Unknown 100 100 296686 (F9) Unknown 100 100 3139 (FC) Unknown 100 100 35	93.5% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 300 Mixed 381 88% 400 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 39.7 140% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 80.1 105% 191 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 93%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 208GB 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 143 133 3825 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 582 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14492 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 31 (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% 100GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 154 0 (03) Spinup time 179 165 4016 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3521 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3429 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 667 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2853 (C2) HDA temperature 105 95 42 (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	37.3% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 65.6 Mixed 58.3 47% 62.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38249187 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103101383 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21360 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2930 (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 58 47 757530666 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 21 38249187 (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 -81814831992693 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2623222221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2994834427	48.7% Average	Read 85.5 Write 84.3 Mixed 86.8 64% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.46 99% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB 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 108 99 20082720 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36418730 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14091 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1549 (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 61 49 723845159 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17128 (C2) HDA temperature 39 51 38654705703 (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 57084410344171 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12286848797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 55678423512
Poor: 55% Great: 112%

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	70.8% Very good	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 23 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 70.8% 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	823x
Core i7-6800KIntel $78Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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