MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 109% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	36.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 19:14
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.3 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 746 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 955 59% 955 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 203 Parallax 181 149% 189 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 182 Splatting 130 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB 24,911 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF3000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 47 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 280 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 66 283468759071 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73015754769 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 173 (EA) Unknown 100 100 472 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198 (F2) Unknown 100 100 215 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	36.5% Below average	Read 512 Write 21.1 Mixed 138 48% 224 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 5.08 48% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 33 DQ Mixed 6.39 10% 19.9 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 56%
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 47GB free Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 500 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 293 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8781927 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 285 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 66 283469021213 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 124554969117 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 918 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1128 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1062 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1170 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 498 Write 241 Mixed 360 81% 366 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 86.7 4K Mixed 23.9 117% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 10.9 91% 214 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1377 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1050 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 316 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6962110267	74.7% Very good	Read 504 Write 274 Mixed 355 83% 378 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 19.1 110% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 38.1 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 18.1 46% 90.4 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 118%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 814 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 629 (B1) Unknown 98 98 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 73 54 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3460807439	67.1% Good	Read 483 Write 269 Mixed 273 75% 342 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 15.6 101% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 59.5 DQ Mixed 14.7 20% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 123%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 107GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 93 148176516 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5108 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 26474934045 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3955 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 44 471531548 (C2) HDA temperature 28 56 77309411356 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 66 55 51516991 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.7% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 64.1 50% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 84% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	105% Outstanding	MC Read 38.3 MC Write 47.5 MC Mixed 37.1 117% 41 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 109%

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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	118x

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 $90Bench 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: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $352

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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