MSI X99A SLI PLUS(MS-7885)

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	84.1% 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	28GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 28GB 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	20.5 GB free of 28 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150320
Uptime	3.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '16 at 19:19
Run Duration	653 Seconds
Run User	TTO-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 242 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 732 72% 590 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 154 Parallax 146 116% 148 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 138 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 280GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q 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 98 98 7530 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 513 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (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 56 50 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 244 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19958713307	84.1% Excellent	Read 504 Write 347 Mixed 355 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 21.7 118% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 139 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 76.3 87% 146 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 126%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 98GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15791 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 725 (E8) Unknown 100 100 36556768375 (E9) Unknown 96 0 96	88.6% Excellent	Read 429 Write 366 Mixed 374 87% 390 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 33.1 128% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 96 108% 179 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 160504136 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 715 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 57 52 472502580752 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 696 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 49 639500326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 230 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30953 (C2) HDA temperature 38 51 81604378662 (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 45578192955081 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23244611787 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21487283156	87.3% Excellent	Read 164 Write 140 Mixed 136 110% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.27 75% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 113%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 302GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 269 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 168 (C2) HDA temperature 107 105 36 (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	78.2% Very good	Read 147 Write 125 Mixed 119 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.25 106% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 257GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 806 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 13920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 286 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 117 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 690 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.5% Good	Read 112 Write 106 Mixed 122 86% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 98% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 105GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 176 173 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 930 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17233 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 264 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 665 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 40 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 75.9 Mixed 96.7 69% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 76%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 91GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 173 4241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 924 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 917 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 658 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 40 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.7% Average	Read 79.1 Write 90.5 Mixed 77.9 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 109%
HGST_HDS 724020ALE640 2TB 396GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47% Average	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 103 140% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 1.04 MB/s

WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 228GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Read 43.9 Write 44.9 Mixed 42.2 56% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 44%
WD My Book 500GB 3,986 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 102GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 22%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 32GB-$27 3,642 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 30GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 150 Write 25.9 Mixed 81.8 91% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.33 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 1.21 118% 2.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 90%
Kingston DataTraveler U3 2GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 2GB free, PID 2038 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.24% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 3.99 Mixed 1.8 6% 6.09 MB/s	4K Read 6.46 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 25% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.24% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 7x4GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 7 of 8 slots used 28GB DIMM 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (91^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	98.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38.7 MC Write 37.2 MC Mixed 36.3 107% 37.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 102%

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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	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 $94Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $357

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