MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881)

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	192% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7881
Motherboard	MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151030
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '16 at 13:33
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 194 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 602 58% 477 Pts	64-Core 791 49% 791 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6881 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 110 85% 109 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 80.6 73% 89.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 903 Mixed 1,075 284% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 38.1 149% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 22 102% 232 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 243%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 17GB free Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9492 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2250 (B1) Unknown 94 94 68 (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 72 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 985 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25066711239	69.7% Good	Read 489 Write 245 Mixed 268 73% 334 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 12.5 83% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 199 DQ Mixed 28.9 82% 178 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 38579456 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1090 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9273138 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 808 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 54 4732682265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8637 (C2) HDA temperature 25 46 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -119039313574903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13434514293 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25141562353	84.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 139 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 96%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5502 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 944 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 505 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48848 (C2) HDA temperature 121 106 26 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	72.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 124 Mixed 123 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.26 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 84%
Samsung D3 Station 2TB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 142 Mixed 34.1 124% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 8.08 4K Mixed 0.62 298% 3.13 MB/s	DQ Read 0.78 DQ Write 8.2 DQ Mixed 0.49 298% 3.16 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3400 4x4GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM 3400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.1% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 39.9 MC Mixed 34.7 106% 37.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 18.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 121%

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Typical X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) Builds (Compare 58 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 100%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 86%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 88%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: MSI X99S XPOWER AC (MS-7881) - $406

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	17x
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	16x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	6x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	5x

SSD
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TBBench 276%, 15,624 samples	4x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	3x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x

RAM
CMT16GX4M2C3200C16 8x8GBCorsairBench 124%, 39 samples	4x
Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GBHyperX $165Bench 81%, 6,271 samples	2x
HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GBKingstonBench 90%, 4,583 samples	2x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $1,021

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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