MSI X299 SLI Plus Intel X-Series Motherboard Review

CPU & GPU Performance

Cinebench

Staright away the SLI Plus is off to a strong start, scoring as one of the fastest X299 boards to date in Cinebench.

Overclocking didn’t bring a huge benefit, but it’s still a strong performance overall and far from disapointing.

WPrime

As you would expect the SLI Plus keeps up the pace in Wprime, not as fast as the gaming boards, but close enough to still count.

Overclocking did bring the time down a little, moving it from 4th to 3rd fastest.

SiSoft Sandra

Again, another very strong performance here, with just the two gaming boards from Aorus holding the lead. This shouldn’t come as a shock anyway, as the SLI Plus is a little more affordable than either of the Aorus boards.

3DMark

Another great result here, with a very competitive score of 16646.

Overclocking took that score up to a very tasty 17020, which is what we would expect to see from a board of this class.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided 

Gaming clearly isn’t an issue here either, with another competitive score. Of course, this isn’t about frame rates as much as it is PCIe throughput, and there are no issues to be found.

There was a small gain from overclocking, giving us a perfect score for this benchmark.

Rise of the Tomb Raider

The SLI Plus delivered fantastic frame rates of over 120FPS, putting it along side all other X299 motherboards we’ve tested.

Overclocking brought that performance to over 130FPS, giving us our second best score to date.