MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	104% 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	255% 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.

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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 16:50
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 236 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 736 72% 591 Pts	64-Core 934 58% 934 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 86.6% 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 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 148 Parallax 140 110% 141 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 133 Splatting 106 95% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% 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% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1359 1184 1182 1180 1168 1113 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,521 Mixed 676 SusWrite 1,198 296% 1,327 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 62.6 224% 86.7 MB/s	DQ Read 913 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 807 608% 817 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 302%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 523GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 462 409 409 407 398 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 466 Mixed 377 SusWrite 427 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 49.7 172% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 178 170% 269 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 409GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 474 475 472 472 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 472 Mixed 446 SusWrite 474 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 53.6 186% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 267 225% 329 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Seagate ST32000641AS 2TB-$169 8,506 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 135GB free Firmware: CC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 127 127 126 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 124 Write 117 Mixed 54 SusWrite 120 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 42GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 72 73 72 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 61.3 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 72.5 51% 68.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 76%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 6TB 810 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 5.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 250 256 259 249 264 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 225 Write 92.7 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 255 117% 161 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 313% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 138% 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 (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.1% Very good	MC Read 32 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 21.5 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 22.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.1% 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 $150Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	16x
Core i7-5960XIntel $504Bench 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 $94Bench 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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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16