MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	82.8% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150324
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '15 at 21:27
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 104 2-Core 203 70% 154 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 671 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 804 50% 804 Pts
Poor: 70% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970 9,594 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 3130) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 30.1 Reflection 21.2 Parallax 23.9 24% 25.1 fps	Gravity 22.6 Splatting 26.3 22% 24.4 fps
Poor: 17% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 65 (03) Spinup time 142 142 34387263877 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 360 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 976 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 259 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 360 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 360 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176095035426 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	17.3% Very poor	Read 178 Write 155 Mixed 145 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.16 2% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 17%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 976 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 256 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (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 67 61 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 20 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2342774298	82.8% Excellent	Read 499 Write 403 Mixed 412 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 20.3 109% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 34.8 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 21 51% 100 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 124%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 48GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.1% Poor	Read 118 Write 40.3 Mixed 18.6 58% 59 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.01 51% 4.41 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 29.1% Great: 30%

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Gaming 103%

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Desktop 86%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	27x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	22x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	17x
RTX 3060Nvidia $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	11x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	10x

SSD
CT1000P3SSD8 1TBBench 268%, 44,174 samples	9x
P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBCrucial $45Bench 166%, 55,360 samples	7x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $46Bench 234%, 87,206 samples	6x

RAM
BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSC.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA BLS8G4D240FSA.16FAR BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD BLS8G4D240FSA.16FBD 64GBUnknownBench 133%, 5 samples	5x
DDR4 2800 2OZ 5x4GBUnknownBench 86%, 7 samples	5x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	4x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

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

MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)