MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	214% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160721
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '17 at 14:02
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 103 2-Core 212 79% 136 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 696 68% 558 Pts	64-Core 856 53% 856 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 39 36% 42.3 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 39.2 Splatting 35 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3764 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1737 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 95 95 129 (AE) Unknown 99 99 205 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1010 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 48 39 52 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 33128 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11802 (F2) Unknown 99 99 13595	214% Outstanding	Read 1,992 Write 883 Mixed 1,211 299% 1,362 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 50.9 212% 80.8 MB/s	DQ Read 413 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 178 184% 304 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 220%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 257GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 975 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3979 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8856 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3483 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1957 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61577 (C2) HDA temperature 102 94 48 (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	43.7% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.2 Mixed 89.9 61% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.18 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$51 7,248 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 86%

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Typical X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) Builds (Compare 116 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 103%

UFO

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 91%

Nuclear submarine

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

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	44x
Core i7-5930KIntel $150Bench 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 $250Bench 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 $40Bench 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16