MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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

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System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '16 at 00:58
Run Duration	87 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 196 76% 130 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 774 69% 581 Pts	64-Core 1,290 80% 1,290 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 353.54 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 98.6 Reflection 104 Parallax 101 80% 101 fps	MRender 87.9 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 79.7 69% 85.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117799600 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4462 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 56 64462207512 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1570 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 720941 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 21980119070 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 531 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 45 45 111705 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 -140737488355298 (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 -107481556571764 (F1) Unknown 100 253 101703303613729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -42242355946843	99.7% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 150 Mixed 156 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3400C16 4x8GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 55.1 MC Write 57.9 MC Mixed 44.2 150% 52.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 21.1 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 128%

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Gaming 83%

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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 $78Bench 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 $184	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