MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.3% 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	195% 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 01:03
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 229 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 770 76% 621 Pts	64-Core 958 59% 958 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4991) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.81 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 84% 107 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 100 Splatting 92.1 79% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 324 322 323 322 322 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,859 Write 1,413 Mixed 566 SusWrite 367 232% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 51.9 200% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 721 DQ Mixed 624 526% 770 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 470 466 470 470 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 468 Mixed 382 SusWrite 470 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 56.9 195% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 357 263% 346 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 168 166 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 163 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 167 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (88^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	107% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 41.8 MC Mixed 39 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 22.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 117%

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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 $70Bench 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 $279Bench 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 $46Bench 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

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $470

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