MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.2% 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	76.1% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '17 at 21:28
Run Duration	308 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130 101,694 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 97 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 610 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 116 Parallax 119 90% 115 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 100 Splatting 97.1 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 480GB-$277 5,507 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 225GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4753 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (A2) Unknown 100 100 537 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327709 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6261 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5275	76.1% Very good	Read 516 Write 342 Mixed 296 85% 385 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 64.6 4K Mixed 9.31 93% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 37.2 70% 141 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 100%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 163GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,070 Write 949 Mixed 1,310 318% 1,443 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 284 4K Mixed 46.5 276% 125 MB/s	DQ Read 619 DQ Write 439 DQ Mixed 226 251% 428 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 230%
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 107GB free Firmware: 0171 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 944 Mixed 1,238 280% 1,263 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 264 4K Mixed 48.2 266% 118 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 234 213% 331 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 230%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 415GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5535 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28411 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5399 (C2) HDA temperature 105 92 38 (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	62.9% Good	Read 102 Write 117 Mixed 74.5 73% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.43 115% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 363GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 231 225 8408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4435 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23639 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2618 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 342 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4434 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 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	48.4% Average	Read 96.4 Write 72 Mixed 62 57% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.44 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 76%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 165 Write 150 Mixed 123 183% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 88%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 103 Write 104 Mixed 92 128% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.37 76% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 53%
BUFFALO HD-PCFU3 2TB 82 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 840GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 90 Write 85.4 Mixed 79.3 108% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.21 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 42%
WD My Book Duo 0A10 4TB 512 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 836GB free, PID 0a10 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 104 Write 92.4 Mixed 94 123% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.21 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 3,365 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (92^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 42.8 MC Mixed 39.5 116% 40.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 20.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 109%

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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 $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	5x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $639

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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