MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140813
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 11:50
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 101 2-Core 163 71% 118 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 591 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1542 MHz, MLim: 1787 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Lighting 104 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 34.3 85% 56.7 fps	MRender 59.9 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 28.1 36% 46.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 480GB-$322 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 324GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18897856111123 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1898 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 255 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 44 54 73017983020 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 449560 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 44 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 91 91 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 449560 (F2) Unknown 100 100 365624 (F9) Unknown 100 100 163988	56% Above average	Read 518 Write 214 Mixed 238 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 19 4K Mixed 12.3 67% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 82.1 DQ Mixed 11.7 22% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 887GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201893160 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6583 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9128341 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1885 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 120 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 51 690421801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 236 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52406 (C2) HDA temperature 41 49 68719476777 (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 122054380631094 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3216145068 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2059397092420	118% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 196 Mixed 175 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 869GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 199979904 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6275 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6529673 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21173 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1885 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 119 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 50 707199018 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47118 (C2) HDA temperature 42 50 68719476778 (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 614180336354 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1725369000 (F2) Unknown 100 253 109060697814	111% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 174 Mixed 180 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	66.4% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 17.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 65%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882)

CPU
Core i7-5930KIntel $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples	10x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	3x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	4x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	3x
R9 290XAMD $549Bench 51%, 37,353 samples	2x

SSD
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	3x
PC SN730 SDBQNTY-256G-1001 256GBWDCBench 164%, 6,246 samples	2x
XP941 PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 133%, 1,434 samples	1x

RAM
+ + 4x4GBUnknownBench 99%, 150 samples	4x
BLS8G4D240FSA.M16FA 2x8GBCrucialBench 67%, 776 samples	2x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples	2x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $620

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 $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