MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	204% 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 X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '17 at 03:49
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 850 85% 693 Pts	64-Core 1,073 66% 1,073 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 802GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 892 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 107 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 61 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 21 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1730560216	104% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 409 Mixed 415 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 45.4 170% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 42.4 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 127 105% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 477GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5949 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 600 (B1) Unknown 99 99 15 (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 70 57 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 58 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9091675034	116% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 500 Mixed 512 114% 512 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.8 162% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 168 174% 285 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,959 Write 907 Mixed 1,114 292% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 41.6 176% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 432 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 169 181% 305 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 927GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 94029860 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5500511 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4721 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 62 554958879 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 509 (C2) HDA temperature 31 17 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 3 94029860 (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 -77472620080622 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7610422604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 950757959	91.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 151 Mixed 139 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.29 92% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 38.6 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 28.3 94% 32.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 23.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 104%

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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 $300	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