MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	41.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	253% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7881
Motherboard	MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 12:05
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 99.6 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 629 62% 506 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.38 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.8% Average	Lighting 47.2 Reflection 54.6 Parallax 44.3 38% 48.7 fps	MRender 67.6 Gravity 47.5 Splatting 61.9 48% 59 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 1184 1183 1180 1178 1110 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2013 Write 1,486 Mixed 684 SusWrite 1195 299% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 59.6 212% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 836 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 747 563% 756 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 523GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 246 245 238 237 245 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 203 Mixed 403 SusWrite 241 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 50.8 173% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 249 204% 290 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 410GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 237 246 246 239 242 246 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 471 Mixed 451 SusWrite 243 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 52.8 179% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 263 210% 298 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$89 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 135GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 127 128 127 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 126 Write 109 Mixed 54 SusWrite 126 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 42GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 73 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	41.2% Average	Read 71.7 Write 64.5 Mixed 78 SusWrite 71.5 53% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 253 251 260 260 254 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 231 Write 161 Mixed 65.3 SusWrite 256 129% 178 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.5 345% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 164%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 2x8GB 2,922 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 21.6 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 94%

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

Gaming 100%

Nuclear submarine

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 $90Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16