MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	202% 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	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB 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.

Run History

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

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	120.5 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '20 at 15:00
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 90 2-Core 205 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 639 61% 506 Pts	64-Core 787 49% 787 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Lighting 78.9 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 67.7 64% 75 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 72.2 59% 72.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 60%
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 82.8 Parallax 75.1 66% 79.7 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 67.2 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 313GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 1125 1104 1118 1130 1088 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	202% Outstanding	Read 1550 Write 1,272 Mixed 738 SusWrite 1,124 262% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 97.8 4K Mixed 45.9 161% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 617 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 448 346% 479 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 202% Great: 283%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 720GB free Firmware: 411030WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 451 462 448 458 457 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 443 Mixed 287 SusWrite 454 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 21.5 113% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 177 168% 262 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 117%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 137 141 140 140 140 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 130 Write 101 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 139 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C14 8x16GB-$1,291 53 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 8 of 8 slots used 128GB DIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	108% Outstanding	MC Read 41.5 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 41.7 121% 42.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 20.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 135%

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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%

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Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

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 $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