MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	73.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151103
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '17 at 02:45
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 98 2-Core 187 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 605 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3717) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 372.54 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 112% 136 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 104 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 120GB-$80 7,194 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6093 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1119 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 314 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4980880 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 95 (C2) HDA temperature 66 45 236224380962 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10558 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4792 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4298 (F4) Unknown 100 100 76 (F5) Unknown 100 100 144 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2597696	73.8% Very good	Read 507 Write 333 Mixed 411 93% 417 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 12.3 92% 37.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 13.5 51% 104 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 104%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 229 5416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1122 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1107 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3308 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.1% Good	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 99.7 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 83%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1TB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 38.1 Mixed 27 43% 34.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.15 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2133 C15 4x8GB 1,060 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 17 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 109%

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Gaming 83%

Aircraft carrier

Desktop 82%

Aircraft carrier

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 $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 $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16