MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7881
Motherboard	MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 06:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 186 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 738 66% 559 Pts	64-Core 1,236 76% 1,236 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 3669) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 87.1 Parallax 83.8 72% 86.4 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 78 Splatting 69.6 62% 76.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: X211T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 250 229 197 193 279 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 436 Write 192 Mixed 214 SusWrite 239 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 24.5 85% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 128 101% 141 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 114%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 473GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 379 375 381 385 377 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 429 Write 384 Mixed 350 SusWrite 377 87% 385 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 29.4 95% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 176 124% 159 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 124%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 155 154 156 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 158 Write 143 Mixed 77.1 SusWrite 152 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 149 148 152 153 153 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 151 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 151 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.8 177% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 51.6 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 42.5 131% 45.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 115%

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Typical X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) Builds (Compare 58 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 100%

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Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 88%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) - $406

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	17x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	16x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	6x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x

SSD
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TBBench 276%, 15,624 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 8x8GBCorsairBench 124%, 39 samples	4x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 81%, 6,271 samples	2x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 90%, 4,583 samples	2x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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