MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	174% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '17 at 19:44
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 691 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 893 55% 893 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

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 CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 88% 106 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 96.4 Splatting 89.8 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4387 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 833 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 133 (AE) Unknown 99 99 89 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 955 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 41 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 34160 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12022 (F2) Unknown 99 99 14397	174% Outstanding	Read 1,706 Write 623 Mixed 902 236% 1,077 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 42 179% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 391 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 167 162% 261 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 220%
OCZ Trion 150 120GB-$50 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 25GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3261 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 614 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 117 (C2) HDA temperature 65 54 197569478691 (F1) Unknown 100 100 53173	48.5% Average	Read 510 Write 42.9 Mixed 107 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 60.4 4K Mixed 7.04 74% 29.7 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 62.6 DQ Mixed 24.6 40% 79.2 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 186 6275 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8307 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14570 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4201 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1869 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 196653 (C2) HDA temperature 116 105 31 (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 1 110610 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	36.3% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 66.2 Mixed 53.6 45% 60 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 59%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 583GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 94.7 Write 103 Mixed 92.4 126% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 43%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 16GB 8,778 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	6.29% Terrible	Read 22 Write 4.53 Mixed 7.49 11% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.88 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.82 58% 2.31 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.29% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 3x4GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3 of 8 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.9 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 98%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

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 $45	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