MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	62.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	157% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	59.1 GB free of 64 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '16 at 18:39
Run Duration	479 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 71.8 39% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 240 23% 189 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	62.6% Good	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 88 Parallax 118 54% 90.6 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 94.7 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 1,848 Write 601 Mixed 1,080 258% 1,176 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 39.9 131% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 88.4 DQ Mixed 63.7 63% 103 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 283%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 593GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 196 0 (03) Spinup time 139 117 6041 (04) Start/Stop count 74 74 26464 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8252 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 75 75 25309 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 96226 (C2) HDA temperature 115 85 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 192 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 191 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 174 0	54.9% Above average	Read 94.7 Write 96.8 Mixed 72.6 66% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.22 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 454GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 63086102 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2772 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 10344152 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 269 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 522059807 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 68719476767 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 24 63086102 (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 -68032281963681 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3658436924 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2594679821	53.9% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 91.2 Mixed 88 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.5% Above average	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 17.6 MC Mixed 28.3 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.5 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 131%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 73%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	37x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	20x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	16x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	13x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	10x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	7x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	6x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	6x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 77%, 131,007 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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