MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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.
Boot Drive	79.5% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160719
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 11:30
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 208 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 662 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.69 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 126GB free Firmware: 5.81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4883770 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 -52097953290718 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1309 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 133 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 64428048414 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4883770 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4883770 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4883770 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1686 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2372 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2372 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3245	83.3% Excellent	Read 510 Write 259 Mixed 298 78% 356 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 23 123% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 240 DQ Mixed 83.1 107% 191 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3774 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 460 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20923853	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 37.5 150% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 92.1 130% 242 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 115%
Corsair Force GS 240GB-$261 4,179 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 79GB free Firmware: 5.81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5747150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 81423990007376 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1309 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 146 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 64428376097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5747150 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5747150 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5747150 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3026 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4838 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4838 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5700	82.6% Excellent	Read 511 Write 253 Mixed 296 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 21 120% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 87.1 113% 201 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 93%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3768 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 455 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 175965228	104% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 35.6 147% 52.4 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 114 139% 247 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 115%
Asus RAIDR Express PCIe 1,224 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: MV.R00-0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	79.5% Very good	Read 701 Write 313 Mixed 377 102% 464 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 59.4 4K Mixed 13.8 86% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.5 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 10.9 54% 113 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C15 8x4GB 162 User benchmarks, average bench 114% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2800 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	105% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 42.9 MC Mixed 39.2 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.8 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 132%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882)

CPU
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	10x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	3x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	3x
R9 290XAMD $549Bench 51%, 37,353 samples	2x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 164%, 6,246 samples	2x
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	1x

RAM
+ + 4x4GBUnknownBench 99%, 150 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GBCrucialBench 67%, 776 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	2x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $620

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 $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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