MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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	83.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '18 at 05:44
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 668 66% 539 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 82.7 Reflection 84.3 Parallax 75.6 67% 80.9 fps	MRender 78.7 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 66.6 59% 73.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 2,175 Write 1,348 Mixed 1,455 367% 1,659 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 49.6 166% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 399 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 136 150% 256 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 283%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156062312 (03) Spinup time 95 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2029 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 60 3069584 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1385 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 4295040378 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 45 487718940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5828 (C2) HDA temperature 28 55 64424509468 (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 -82600811035877 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11763859306 (F2) Unknown 100 253 88511520734	92.7% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 154 Mixed 147 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.16 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 96%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 23 (03) Spinup time 149 141 9516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1235 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 581 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 173 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4609 (C2) HDA temperature 119 100 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 28 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 28 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 9	53.2% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 94.4 Mixed 85.4 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB-$1,291 53 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45.3 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 45.6 129% 45.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 22.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 135%

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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 $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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