MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% 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	143% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '18 at 05:07
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 791 79% 644 Pts	64-Core 1,034 64% 1,034 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3604) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 89.5 Reflection 195 Parallax 194 73% 160 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 176 Splatting 119 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 86.4% 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% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 526 537 525 524 521 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 687 Write 563 Mixed 495 SusWrite 512 127% 564 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 49 190% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 393 DQ Mixed 440 366% 537 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 227GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 276 276 275 274 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 457 Mixed 351 SusWrite 283 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 48.3 167% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 219 201% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 118%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 198 197 199 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 113 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 197 104% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.3 404% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 4,021 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	84.2% Excellent	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 48.8 82% 48.8 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 136%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) Builds (Compare 113 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $76Bench 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