MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 05 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 188 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 586 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 775 48% 775 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 179 Parallax 166 132% 169 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 163 Splatting 114 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1363 1142 621 372 375 360 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	204% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,436 Mixed 837 SusWrite 705 271% 1,220 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 55.1 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 651 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 441 351% 498 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 204% Great: 283%
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 39GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 182 187 220 216 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 408 Write 288 Mixed 277 SusWrite 206 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 88.5 4K Mixed 39.3 144% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 248 192% 263 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 92%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 340GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 72 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 74.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 72.2 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 63%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 560GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 124 124 124 126 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 124 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 202% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x4GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	MC Read 39.6 MC Write 41.1 MC Mixed 37.5 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 120%

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Desktop 82%

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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 $98Bench 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 $269	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