MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882)

Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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System	MSI MS-7882
Motherboard	MSI X99A GAMING 9 ACK (MS-7882) (all builds)
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160525
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '17 at 07:42
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing below expectations (34^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 90 2-Core 178 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 514 50% 412 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 88%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6286) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2702 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 130 Reflection 135 Parallax 115 106% 127 fps	Gravity 126 Splatting 100 98% 113 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 120GB 4,046 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 100GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3075139 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 103173704432315 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 976 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 217 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3075139 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8448 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8512 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8512 (F2) Unknown 0 0 17664	42.7% Average	Read 214 Write 134 Mixed 165 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 11.3 83% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 72.9 DQ Mixed 11.8 20% 36 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 55%
OCZ AGILITY4 512GB 145 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30983 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 583 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100060429874 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	55% Above average	Read 293 Write 184 Mixed 199 50% 225 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 21.6 97% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 13.6 25% 46 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 225043232 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3403 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1110805 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12073 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 61 554565654 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7549 (C2) HDA temperature 22 40 60129542166 (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 -80114024971960 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1815118797 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5005224408	99.8% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 158 Mixed 153 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 113%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -0 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 99GB free, PID cfc0 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	26.7% Poor	Read 42.5 Write 41.5 Mixed 35.4 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 8.89 4K Write 3.04 4K Mixed 2.32 215% 4.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 8x4GB 210 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	101% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 42.2 MC Mixed 38.6 113% 39.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 19.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 145%

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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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	9x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $76Bench 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