MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89% 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	82.3% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 163 68% 114 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 638 62% 512 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 118 Parallax 105 93% 113 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 104 Splatting 93.8 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 680 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (B1) Unknown 100 100 80791 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 254711 (F2) Unknown 100 100 105881	82.3% Excellent	Read 644 Write 314 Mixed 429 102% 462 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 40.2 4K Mixed 26.6 91% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 188 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 80.8 95% 162 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 116%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 33GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4613 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 796 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 74 59 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4062089551	81% Excellent	Read 501 Write 404 Mixed 416 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 30.1 99% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 88.8 78% 110 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 885GB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21492465934 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4607 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2233 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2233 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 193274249241 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	67% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 113 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 85%
WD 5000AAK External 500GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 35GB free, PID 1001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 41 Mixed 22.9 42% 33.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.38 98% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 8 slots used 24GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (99^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 31.9 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 20.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.7 55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 73%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 41%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S SLI PLUS (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	785x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	115x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	45x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	125x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	79x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	68x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	45x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	27x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples	45x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	35x
8ATF51264AZ-2G1A1 4x4GBMicronBench 91%, 1,465 samples	28x

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Value: 67% - Good

Total price: $508

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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