MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% 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	241% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 10:49
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 714 70% 572 Pts	64-Core 886 55% 886 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 188 Parallax 177 144% 180 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 172 Splatting 121 112% 139 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 240GB-$65 502 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 223GB free Firmware: 320ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 13608942 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 -16604343550307 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 80 90199556126 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 13608942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 13608942 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 13608942 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14329 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11721 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11721 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19318	77.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 236 Mixed 301 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 80.6 4K Mixed 18.7 111% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 53.3 92% 181 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 92%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,538 386% 1,743 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 29.9 161% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 154 168% 282 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 283%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151 16,992 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 722GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 145 140 11725 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1397 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 765 (10) Unknown 5 195 90602777499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1329 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 35 (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	75.8% Very good	Read 142 Write 122 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.24 101% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 100%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$70 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 337GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 161 6833 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7256 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2734 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 155 155 137674 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 31 (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	35.7% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 49.3 Mixed 61.2 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x4GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	MC Read 37.6 MC Write 40.2 MC Mixed 35.4 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 120%

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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 $195Bench 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 $96Bench 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: 93% - Outstanding

Total price: $419

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) $38	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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16