MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	65.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7881
Motherboard	MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 06:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 277 94% 170 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 828 84% 681 Pts	64-Core 999 62% 999 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier SP610 1TB-$380 156 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 558GB free Firmware: N0815B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 190 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 512 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 107 (A3) Unknown 100 100 1 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13587 (A5) Unknown 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21736 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 124090 (F2) Unknown 100 100 102139 (F5) Unknown 100 100 217392	102% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 422 Mixed 466 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 36.7 141% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 75.9 112% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 105%
Adata XPG SX900 512GB-$189 1,547 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8610159407 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -11158325027423 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 236 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 60133474346 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 105 8610159407 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 105 105 8610159407 (CC) Soft ECC correction 105 105 8610159407 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 111669149697 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11579 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12991 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12991 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9535	65.5% Good	Read 503 Write 262 Mixed 299 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 19.4 74% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 63.3 71% 123 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 69%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 197 140 9116 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7282 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (10) Unknown 0 200 5991266028 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1976 (C2) HDA temperature 117 109 35 (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	97.3% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 154 Mixed 145 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 3.31 4K Mixed 0.24 126% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 716 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 43 MC Mixed 40.1 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 131%

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Gaming 100%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 88%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) - $406

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	17x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	15x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	6x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x

SSD
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TBBench 276%, 15,624 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 8x8GBCorsairBench 124%, 39 samples	4x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 81%, 6,271 samples	2x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 90%, 4,583 samples	2x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $1,035

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