MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	161% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	MSI MS-7883
Motherboard	MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883) (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 05:10
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 671 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 666 Mixed 721 157% 704 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 55 206% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 665 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 323 326% 526 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 353%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 170991576 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 29 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1588951 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 64 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 85899345951 (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 95657511616562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 355688168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 17648709919	78.4% Very good	Read 121 Write 152 Mixed 109 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.29 4K Mixed 0.64 193% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 110%
Toshiba MK5055GSX 500GB-$33 4,927 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 2GB free Firmware: FG001M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1239 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5720 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 267 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 4 4 38671 (0A) Spinup retry count 214 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3969 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 396 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 375259304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1791906 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 236223856669 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 111 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 8247 (DE) Loaded hours 34 34 26515 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 325 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	14.3% Very poor	Read 26.8 Write 22.8 Mixed 21.1 18% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.07 23% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB-$234 3,507 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3000 MHz clocked @ 3001 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	MC Read 43.8 MC Write 42.4 MC Mixed 41.9 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 23.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 117%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 74%

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Motherboard: MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883) - $250

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	45x
Core i7-5960XIntel $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples	44x
Core i7-6950XIntel $499Bench 87%, 6,135 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	30x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	30x
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	14x

SSD
950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $625Bench 223%, 54,978 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 5,028 samples	6x
+ + 4x8GBUnknownBench 109%, 462 samples	6x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	5x

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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