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 above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	218% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	MSI MS-7883
Motherboard	MSI X99A GODLIKE GAMING (MS-7883) (all builds)
Memory	59.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '17 at 03:32
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 769 73% 603 Pts	64-Core 1,149 71% 1,149 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 70% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 284GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01F0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 2,060 Write 967 Mixed 1,352 322% 1,459 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 48 209% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 144 154% 256 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 230%
Samsung 840 Evo 750GB-$310 3,724 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 347GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2656 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2164 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (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 73 52 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 667 (EB) Unknown 99 99 518 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16357928691	95.7% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 348 Mixed 358 90% 405 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 66.8 4K Mixed 29.3 138% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 102 127% 228 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 125%
Intel 535 Series 120GB-$75 5,451 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 43GB free Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 485 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 549 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 28 100 81607065628 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 36 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 13817 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 84 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13817 (F2) Unknown 100 100 86376 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1966	76.8% Very good	Read 504 Write 193 Mixed 254 69% 317 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 91.2 4K Mixed 25.7 123% 48.1 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 47.5 74% 138 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 87%
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 402GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 1733 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 19 (C2) HDA temperature 112 110 31 (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	97.1% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 178 Mixed 163 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.31 108% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 104%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$91 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 605GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1404 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2837 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3196 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	73.2% Very good	Read 134 Write 121 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU64GX4M4C3200C16 4x16GB 932 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 8 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	110% Outstanding	MC Read 48.3 MC Write 40.9 MC Mixed 39.6 123% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 21.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 140%

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Gaming 83%

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $1,405

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 $45	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