MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (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 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7885
Motherboard	MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '17 at 11:20
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 696 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 113 Parallax 113 90% 112 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 100 Splatting 82.2 75% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7980 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1286 (B1) Unknown 94 94 126 (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 59 42 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 190 (F1) Unknown 99 99 63085448403
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 64 119492596 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 590 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 8612949083 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 94545115090160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 88 88 12 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 52 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4114 (C2) HDA temperature 34 48 85899345954 (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 -95210835014613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9008685193 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8331266552	55.1% Above average	Read 111 Write 81.6 Mixed 96.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.21 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 749GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 171711416 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1204 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 52600351 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1285 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 54 606142500 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20651 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 90194313252 (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 82454782155072 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18518056038 (F2) Unknown 100 253 114936019702922	87.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 151 Mixed 121 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.22 4K Mixed 0.45 172% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
WD Blue 2.5" 640GB (2009)-$152 5,563 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 16GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 186 153 1658 (04) Start/Stop count 35 35 65614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21668 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4262 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 21168 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1547 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 2654700 (C2) HDA temperature 108 93 39 (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	28.9% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 55 Mixed 52.9 39% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.31 73% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 2x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 8 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	67.6% Good	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 20.7 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 73%

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Typical X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885) Builds (Compare 223 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 117%

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Desktop 83%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A SLI Krait Edition (MS-7885)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	103x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	41x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	33x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	23x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	22x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	13x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	16x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	12x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	6x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	9x
CL18-22-22 D4-3600 2x31.5GBUnknownBench 98%, 110 samples	9x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	8x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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) $35	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