MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.6% 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	84.6% 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	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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '17 at 08:25
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5-2683 v3 546 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 28 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 76 2-Core 156 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 601 53% 449 Pts	64-Core 1355 84% 1355 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3250) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 95.5 92% 102 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 86.1 Splatting 77.2 67% 82.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 217GB free Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5109 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 799 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25783828660 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 16 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 176 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 42 180389543970 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 128854589525 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6130 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7639 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5834 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4348 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	63.5% Good	Read 454 Write 227 Mixed 170 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 16.7 77% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 40.1 70% 140 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 154GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 280 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 94 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 55 46 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 34 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1695324220	101% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 413 Mixed 417 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 41.1 146% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 88.1 102% 179 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 131%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 844 Write 237 Mixed 332 102% 471 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 18.8 91% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 57.4 85% 159 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 133%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 137 137 78 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38687015402 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 45 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22455 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 183 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 183 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 214749741092 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.8% Excellent	Read 141 Write 147 Mixed 134 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.23 102% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 129 129 38686360037 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 105 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 219044708390 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 135 Write 151 Mixed 141 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.2 95% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 89%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 850GB free Firmware: 01.01K04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 150 10325 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 134 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (10) Unknown 0 200 7606859165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 188 (C2) HDA temperature 116 111 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.3% Very good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 116 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 0.7 167% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 96%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 134GB free Firmware: 01.01K02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 139 11858 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 407 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1663 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 241 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 85 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 321 (C2) HDA temperature 113 109 39 (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	61.9% Good	Read 115 Write 101 Mixed 102 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.52 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 96%
WD Re 3TB (2012)-$55 2,104 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3GB free Firmware: 01.01K04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 151 10200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 112 (10) Unknown 0 200 6508664807 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 555 (C2) HDA temperature 112 108 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	52% Above average	Read 88.4 Write 92.3 Mixed 95 69% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 3.15 4K Mixed 0.71 167% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C14 8x4GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 2244 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	MC Read 58.7 MC Write 41.7 MC Mixed 45.8 139% 48.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 14 SC Mixed 15.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 118%

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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 $94Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $624

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 $179	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