MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	111% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7883
Motherboard	MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883) (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160411
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 17:46
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5930K-$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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 682 68% 554 Pts	64-Core 845 52% 845 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1316 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 108 Parallax 107 83% 106 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 94.5 Splatting 84.7 73% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1127 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 576 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 101 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14460446383	111% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 495 Mixed 511 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 46.6 163% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 95.6 104% 171 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 165 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1125 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (10) Unknown 0 200 13508022591 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 500 (C2) HDA temperature 120 110 30 (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	95.2% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 164 Mixed 163 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 3.12 4K Mixed 0.26 122% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 112%
SAMSUNG HD502HI 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 100GB free, PID 0577 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 36.1 Write 36 Mixed 35.9 46% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.29 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 20%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 500GB 1,370 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 17GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 33.8 Mixed 11.9 32% 26.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 2800 C16 4x8GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.5 MC Write 43.2 MC Mixed 43.3 124% 43.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 22.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 135%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 82%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)

CPU
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	60x
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	37x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	36x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	49x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	38x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	12x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	17x
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	12x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x

RAM
CMW16GX4M2C3200C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 92%, 92,358 samples	10x
F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ F4-3000C14-16GTZ F4-3000C15-8GTZ 96GBUnknownBench 120%, 7 samples	7x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 92%, 30,689 samples	5x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $673

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 $40	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