MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.6% 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	78.6% 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 8 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.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration	363 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 234 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 744 69% 578 Pts	64-Core 937 58% 937 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 85.9% 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: 1532 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 115 Reflection 119 Parallax 121 93% 118 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 105 Splatting 91.5 79% 97.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 205GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 1,634 Write 963 Mixed 1,264 285% 1,287 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 310 4K Mixed 53.9 301% 136 MB/s	DQ Read 717 DQ Write 713 DQ Mixed 260 320% 563 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 230%
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th 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 5580 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 751 (A2) Unknown 100 100 537 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393252 (AE) Unknown 100 100 133 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 133 (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 7242 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6377	78.6% Very good	Read 519 Write 349 Mixed 293 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 67.2 4K Mixed 9.78 96% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 44.4 78% 157 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 100%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 116GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	267% Outstanding	Read 2,101 Write 943 Mixed 1,328 321% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 341 4K Mixed 53.2 318% 147 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 255 323% 574 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 267% Great: 230%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 415GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3925 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5644 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 60 60 29238 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1647 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5485 (C2) HDA temperature 110 92 33 (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	61.7% Good	Read 103 Write 112 Mixed 24.9 58% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.51 115% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 306GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 252 225 7391 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4544 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24466 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2726 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 365 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4543 (C2) HDA temperature 116 96 34 (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	39.7% Below average	Read 70.1 Write 67.5 Mixed 40.5 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 76%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 148 Write 146 Mixed 103 166% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.28 97% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 94.8 Write 116 Mixed 77.2 124% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.38 76% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 53%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 840GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 89.1 Write 82.2 Mixed 72.5 103% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 42%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 453GB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 88.1 Write 87.3 Mixed 82.3 110% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 88%
SanDisk SD SDDR-289 4GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 3GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	8.39% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 19.3 Mixed 18.7 25% 20.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.53 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 15% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.39% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 4x8GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 45 MC Write 43.5 MC Mixed 45.5 128% 44.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%

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Desktop 82%

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Workstation 73%

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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 $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 $76Bench 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 $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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