MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883)

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	13.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	93.6% 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	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-7883
Motherboard	MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING CARBON (MS-7883) (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180615
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '19 at 17:25
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6950X-$499 6,135 User benchmarks, average bench 87% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 263 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 517 8-Core 1,046 92% 782 Pts	64-Core 1,715 106% 1,715 Pts
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250X 12,863 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E214) 1GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.4.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Lighting 16.5 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 22.6 14% 18.7 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 18.8 14% 16.2 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 313 320 327 329 330 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 330 Mixed 296 SusWrite 323 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 39.2 151% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 185 156% 222 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 97%
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 173 163 159 172 174 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 284 Mixed 332 SusWrite 174 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 47.2 176% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 285 211% 277 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC98 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 131 131 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 128 Write 120 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 69%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 910GB free Firmware: MA21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 126 127 127 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 121 Write 115 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 126 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 180 181 181 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 174 Mixed 110 SusWrite 181 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 242% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 109%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 364GB free Firmware: MX1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 100 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 99.4 Write 14.3 Mixed 48.9 SusWrite 101 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%
Maxtor Basics Desktop 500GB 444 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 463GB free, PID 7410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 42.1 Write 4.5 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 42.8 30% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.8 40% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6 6 6 4x8GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 53.6 MC Write 53.5 MC Mixed 40.5 141% 49.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 21.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 138%

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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 $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