MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.6% 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	160% 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	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.

System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160323
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '16 at 22:04
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$70 34,039 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 87.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 220 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 723 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 898 56% 898 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 117 Parallax 115 90% 114 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 101 Splatting 90.2 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 512GB-$290 5,772 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2153 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 391 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 28 (AE) Unknown 99 99 27 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1727 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 43 46 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 14600 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4293 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4836	160% Outstanding	Read 1,904 Write 614 Mixed 1,030 259% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 23 146% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 22.7 35% 62.7 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 241%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$82 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 972 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2005 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 331 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1938 (C2) HDA temperature 123 117 27 (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	79.5% Very good	Read 141 Write 136 Mixed 126 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.33 4K Mixed 0.24 104% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%
USB Reader 1GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 2240 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Read 14.8 Write 7.54 Mixed 9.89 13% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 5.95 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.03 24% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 4x8GB 114 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.9% Good	MC Read 28 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 21.2 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 20.7 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 130%

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Gaming 86%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 77%

Battleship

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 $195Bench 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: 84% - Excellent

Total price: $415

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16