Cinebench
We used the ‘CPU’ test built into Cinebench R15 .
Handbrake Conversion
We measured the average frame rate achieved for a task of converting a 1.23GB 1080P game recording using the High Profile setting and MP4 container.
7-Zip
We manually archive a 1.23GB MP4 game recording to test the performance in 7-Zip.
MSI's X99A SLI Plus is able to hold its own against the significantly higher priced Asus X99-Deluxe when it comes to CPU-related performance.
Wow, what a board! I’ve been eyeing this MSI motherboard for ages. It looks stunning and so cheap too. I think I’ll have to buy this come Black Friday!
I have S version of that board, the only difference is that this one has additional USB 3.1 controller. This board gave me a lot of problems to boot with G.Skill 8GB RAM sticks. It booted only with one stick and what was more frustrating it could boot only from the second BIOS. After I did BIOS update all started booting fine with all slots occupied.