MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 23:08
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.15 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 693 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 120 Parallax 121 93% 118 fps	MRender 97.9 Gravity 103 Splatting 92.6 80% 97.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 275GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,616 Write 944 Mixed 1,224 279% 1,261 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 267 4K Mixed 40.3 258% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 604 DQ Write 564 DQ Mixed 218 264% 462 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 230%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3578 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 501 (A2) Unknown 100 100 537 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 262166 (AE) Unknown 100 100 101 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 101 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4496 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3669	74.1% Very good	Read 519 Write 355 Mixed 348 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 55.4 4K Mixed 8.82 83% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 24.2 62% 132 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 100%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 78GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	246% Outstanding	Read 2,086 Write 944 Mixed 1,311 318% 1,447 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 288 4K Mixed 45.2 275% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 646 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 215 248% 431 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 246% Great: 230%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 499GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 239 225 8050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4287 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2477 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 334 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4286 (C2) HDA temperature 112 96 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	45.7% Average	Read 85.5 Write 73.3 Mixed 69.1 57% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 76%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 416GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3883 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1398 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5262 (C2) HDA temperature 104 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 107 80% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.38 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 69%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 840GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 91 Write 83.8 Mixed 85.1 111% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (97^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 43.1 MC Mixed 44.7 125% 43.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 109%

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Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

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 $245Bench 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 $98Bench 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 $102Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	5x

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Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $469

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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16