MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	190% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 630 61% 504 Pts	64-Core 782 48% 782 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1557 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Lighting 92.4 Reflection 89.1 Parallax 79.6 75% 87 fps	MRender 82.7 Gravity 79.3 Splatting 71 63% 77.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 289GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5603 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 672 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 68 56 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 772 (EB) Unknown 99 99 225 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14624474300	69.9% Good	Read 525 Write 128 Mixed 228 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 88.1 4K Mixed 24.1 130% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 81.9 DQ Mixed 23.5 28% 46.8 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 124%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6565 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 845 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 88 88 369 (AE) Unknown 99 99 187 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 859 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 18 38 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 94472 (F1) Unknown 99 99 66545 (F2) Unknown 99 99 45213	190% Outstanding	Read 1,967 Write 940 Mixed 1,282 308% 1,396 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 28.3 164% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 43 DQ Write 248 DQ Mixed 109 94% 133 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 220%
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 92GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 278 (AA) Unknown 98 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 100 60132622370 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 259289 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 180168 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 1911 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 82 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 39815 (E8) Unknown 98 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 180168 (F2) Unknown 100 100 217265 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15297	70.2% Very good	Read 518 Write 243 Mixed 320 79% 360 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 15.8 111% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 88.7 DQ Mixed 14.5 24% 45.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 95%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 154 154 17209295253 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 265 (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 1379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 190 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 724 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 724 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 193274576930 (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	70.6% Very good	Read 111 Write 136 Mixed 73.8 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.02 4K Write 0.11 4K Mixed 0.009 4% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x8GB 552 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 8 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2134 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.7 MC Write 43.9 MC Mixed 42.5 123% 43 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 21.4 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

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Typical X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885) Builds (Compare 1,531 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 65%

Destroyer

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 57%

Gunboat

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