MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	90.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	May 20 '19 at 23:53
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 194 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 654 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 1,025 63% 1,025 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 185 Parallax 184 135% 178 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 165 Splatting 119 110% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 333 85 100 96 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 425 Mixed 392 SusWrite 192 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 46 148% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 318 239% 320 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 133%
WD WD30EURS-63SPKY0 3TB 3,175 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 97 110 112 110 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 85.6 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 108 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 77% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 82%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 758GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 86 91 92 93 86 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 95.3 Write 89.6 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 89.6 62% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2TB free Firmware: AR15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 50 124 134 66 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD easystore 25FB 10TB 3,369 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 7TB free, PID 25fb Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 179 181 191 190 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 180 Write 191 Mixed 122 SusWrite 180 228% 168 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 15,358 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.4% Good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 104%

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

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Desktop 82%

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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