MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	46% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.5% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160905
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 18:56
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing below expectations (21^st 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, turbo 1.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 32.6 2-Core 70.5 40% 59 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 201 20% 162 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46% Average	Lighting 48.7 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 16.4 40% 41.2 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 81.1 58% 69.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 500GB-$100 6,800 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 306 278 285 279 292 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 473 Write 448 Mixed 327 SusWrite 305 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 32 108% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 233 181% 248 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3000LM024-2AN17R 3TB 940 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 83 84 79 79 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 49.8 Write 60.9 Mixed 58 SusWrite 80.3 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2400 C15 2x8GB 122,822 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 8.8 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 90%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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