MSI X99A XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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-7881
Motherboard	MSI X99A XPOWER AC (MS-7881) (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160715
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '18 at 13:10
Run Duration	84 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 100 2-Core 200 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 725 68% 564 Pts	64-Core 1101 68% 1101 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 68.9 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 63.3 56% 66.9 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55.8 52% 64.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5300 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 801 (B1) Unknown 98 98 34 (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 73 63 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 136 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19029256752	91.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 406 Mixed 416 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 77.7 4K Mixed 24.6 132% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 38.6 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 69.7 79% 127 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown + + 2x8GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.8% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 12.7 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 17.5 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 105%

UFO

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 94%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: MSI X99A XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

CPU
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	4x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	1x
Xeon E5-2640 v3IntelBench 71%, 3,267 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2x
RTX 2060S (Super)Nvidia $510Bench 100%, 319,148 samples	1x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	1x

SSD
840 Pro 256GBSamsung $190Bench 95%, 73,119 samples	1x
850 Pro 512GBSamsung $210Bench 102%, 68,849 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 4x16GBG.SKILL $143Bench 95%, 14,506 samples	1x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 8x8GBCorsairBench 116%, 313 samples	1x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GBCorsairBench 98%, 119 samples	1x

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Total price: $743

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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